Chapter 10 10. Ominous Herald

On August 19, at the first Shandong Provincial People's Congress, representatives of Shandong Province to the National People's Congress were elected, including Mao Dun and Ding Ling. From September 15th to 29th, Ding Ling returned to Beijing to participate in the first meeting of the first National People's Congress. Her opinions on the draft constitution were published in the "People's Daily" on September 19th. Also in September, a small incident happened. This incident did not attract much attention to her at the time, but it became a major crime for her in the future.When a delegation of writers from the GDR visited the Literature Institute, Secretary-General Tian Jian proposed to hang some photos of Chinese writers, including Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun and Ding Ling.After Ding Ling learned about this from her secretary Zhang Fengzhu, she immediately asked her to notify Tian Jian to take down her photo, and said that only photos of Lu, Guo, and Mao could be posted.The next day, she asked Zhang Fengzhu to inquire about the implementation.