Chapter 40 6. The enlarged meeting of the Party Group of the Writers Association to correct Ding Chen's wrong case

On Thursday, June 6, at 2:30 in the afternoon, the Chinese Writers Association held an enlarged meeting of the party group to re-discuss the issue of Ding and Chen. It was held in the conference room of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building at No. 64 Wangfu Street. There were 53 participants.The meeting was presided over by Shao Quanlin, secretary of the party group. Similar to the one-sided situation at the party expansion meeting in 1955, this time it is also one-sided. That time, everyone criticized Ding and Chen. This time, almost all sympathized with Ding and Chen. The criticisms were mainly concentrated on Zhou Yang and Liu Baiyu.

In November 1978, the Joint Review Team of the Organization Department of the Central Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee stated in the "Review Conclusion of the Case of Li Zhilian, Li Xin, Zhang Hai, and Cui Yi's Anti-Party Clique": "(1957) June 6 Since then, the Writers Association Party Group held an enlarged meeting aimed at solving the Ding Chen problem and strengthening the unity of the party, announcing that the Ding Chen anti-party group could not be established, and that Ding Chen was removed from the "anti-party group" label. Comrades Zhou Yang and Liu Baiyu attended the meeting It is not prudent to say that the struggle against Ding and Chen was biased in 1955, that the struggle was too extreme, and that the report was made to the Central Committee without investigation and verification. The conclusion of the investigation was not accepted, and the meeting was adjourned if the intended purpose was not achieved. After the anti-rightist campaign was launched, the meeting was resumed to criticize Ding Chen and others and designate them as rightists.”

Several participants have given some descriptions of the meeting on June 6. Li Zhilian wrote: At the beginning of the meeting, Zhou Yang first spoke and said: "The criticism of Ding Ling in 1955 was only struggle without unity. It is very wrong to treat an old comrade like Ding Ling like this..." Shao Quanlin, Liu Baiyu and other comrades in the party group He also spoke successively.Some said that "the conclusions of Ding and Chen's small anti-Party clique are untenable and untenable"; "Some expressed responsibility and so on.However, the speeches of Zhou Yang and others only admitted some facts and did not explain the reasons for this situation, so they are not convincing.Therefore, the criticisms put forward at the enlarged meeting of the party group focused on Zhou Yang.People raised questions one after another, and the questions became more acute and their attitudes became more intense.Ding Ling and Chen Qixia also asked, "Who told him to do this?"

Guo Xiaochuan's diary reads: At the meeting, Shao, Liu, and Wednesday spoke first, then some people talked about their feelings, and then there were attacks on Zhou and Liu.Chen You cursed people for making false reports.He said: "You are high-ranking cadres, you made a false report!" The meeting was very tense and the atmosphere was overwhelming, which made my head swell.For Ding and Chen, for some reason, I have a feeling of disgust.In any case, I have no sympathy for them. This time, Chen Ming also participated in the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association. He wrote a letter to Shao Quanlin and came to the meeting with his approval.Chen Ming clearly remembered that Shao Quanlin spoke first at that meeting, followed by Liu Baiyu, and Zhou Yang third.

In the small record book kept by the old comrade who worked in the cultural system, there are also records of the five meetings before the enlarged party group meeting of the Writers Association in June and July of 1957.Although his records are very brief, they are first-hand materials after all, with high credibility and thus great historical value.According to his records and relevant materials, we organize the speeches at the meeting as follows. Shao Quanlin spoke first: Today's meeting is a rectification meeting, a meeting to solve the problem of unity within the party during the rectification movement, and a meeting to resolve intra-party contradictions by distinguishing right from wrong, not a struggle meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to achieve new unity within the party.After the enlarged meeting of the party group the year before last, it wrote a report to the central government, arguing that Ding Chen was a small anti-party group. After several months of investigation last year, it was confirmed that this conclusion was untenable.I also said at the mobilization meeting that this hat should be removed, but it is not just a matter of removing the hat.At that time, the party group had mistakes and shortcomings in handling this matter. Whatever the mistakes and shortcomings, we must distinguish right from wrong.I hope that everyone will not hold back, speak freely, and view the past, and what you think needs to be corrected can be corrected.Some people mentioned that there are concerns that should be broken and never retaliated.But it is necessary to argue with each other. You criticize me and I criticize you. As long as it is reasonable, it is not revenge.

Liu Baiyu first introduced the background of why the enlarged party group meeting was held in 1955. He said that when he checked the "Literary News" in 1954, he felt that there was a problem with the unity of the party. The manifestations were: 1. There were counter-revolutionary anonymous letters; The party members below provided materials on the relationship between Ding Ling and the party; 3. In the secret letter between Hu Feng and Ah Long, it was stated that Ding Ling was a powerful faction and wanted to win the cooperation of Ding and Feng.So it was reported to the higher authorities that after the approval of the office meeting of the ministers of the Central Propaganda Department, it was decided to hold an enlarged meeting of the party group.At that time, the meeting did not intend to resolve Ding Ling's historical issues. After the anti-revolutionary campaign began, many comrades indeed proposed at the small meeting that Ding's arrest in Nanjing should be investigated.At the end of the enlarged session, this issue was addressed. When the official communication was made in December, Lu Dingyi talked about this issue.

Liu Baiyu reviewed and said that in the process of dealing with the issues of Comrades Ding Ling, Chen Qixia, and Li Youran, as the specific person in charge of the party group of the Writers Association at that time, we had serious shortcomings and mistakes.It is necessary and necessary to carry out ideological struggle within the party, but if the struggle is overdone, there will be only struggle without unity, and it will hurt comrades, resulting in merciless blows and cruel struggles. This is the heaviest lesson.From the very beginning when the anonymous letter was proposed, it became a question of pursuing the anonymous letter. It was wrong to isolate Chen Qixia. The party group meeting twice raised whether Chen would commit suicide. In order to prevent accidents, Xuefeng proposed isolation, and the party group made a decision.From "anti-party undercurrent" to "anti-party group" is a major mistake in the movement.

Zhou Yang made a speech: My opinion is no different from that of Shao and Liu.In 1955, the anti-revolutionaries outside the party and the struggle against Ding and Chen within the party hurt comrades who should not be hurt.I did not take part in the eradication of counter-revolutionaries, but I also had responsibilities.I should take the main responsibility for the criticism meeting of Ding and Chen in the party, participate in and lead this struggle.Bai Yu is also responsible.In the previous year's conference, what was right should be affirmed, and what was wrong should be criticized. There were shortcomings, mistakes, deviations, and excesses. There was no unity, only struggle.The Struggle Council consulted the central government, but the responsibility lies with me, and the situation is wrong.The report to the Central Committee was not prudent, but Comrade Jichun was very cautious later.Hurt the old comrades, the mistakes must be corrected, and I am determined to figure it out.With regard to unity, if we insist on creating a split, those present will not know it, and there are only a few of them.Before the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was impossible to cover up the differences in views due to historical reasons.After last year's meeting, there was even more disunity among some comrades.In the beginning we sought unity, but last year we struggled and forgot about unity.It can be changed now.In the current rectification movement, there must be subjectivism, but is there sectarianism?can be discussed. (Zhang Xi recalled that Zhou Yang also said something like this: In terms of literature, there are only a few people like Ding Ling, Feng Xuefeng, Shao Quanlin, Liu Baiyu, and me. These tasks are either done by you or by me. It seems that things in five or five years have been done. No, small anti-Party cliques cannot be established.)

Yang Shuo made a speech: I still have confidence in the meeting. The party group will make mistakes, but the party is not.The meeting of the year before last was not about criticism, but about struggle, because of the nature of the struggle against counterrevolutionaries.At that meeting, I was a leftist and followed the party, and the party group based on wrong materials.Liu Baiyu said that Ding Ling's historical materials were presented before the meeting. Who was it?what is itI thought Kang Zhuo played the wrong role.Today I think Kang and Ding have sectarian sentiments.When Kang Zhuo spoke, I was alert.

Ding Ling made a speech at the meeting, but she did not speak any radical words. Comrades from the Literature and Art Department of the Central Propaganda Department also attended the meeting.During the discussions after the meeting, they all expressed support for Zhou Yang's admission of mistakes. Zhu Zhai contacted the Yan'an Rectification and Rescue Movement and said: The issue of inner-party struggle is a long-term struggle of our party, and lessons learned in exchange for blood. We should be particularly cautious.We are closer to the center and can make fewer mistakes. Friday, June 7.In the afternoon, the enlarged party group meeting of the Writers Association continued. Chen Qixia, Tang Dacheng, Tang Yin, Wei Junyi, Huang Qiuyun, Li Youran, Zhang Songru and others spoke. They all agreed that the enlarged party group meeting the year before last was fundamentally wrong.

Tang Dacheng pointed out that there will be four mistakes in the expansion of the party group: 1. It fundamentally violates the party's policies.I don't understand, why use this method and lead like this?2. Not checking the situation at all, and hastily reporting to the central government with shocking words.Why is it so irresponsible to comrades and the central government?3. The report when it was conveyed, especially Kang Zhuo's, was extremely slanderous, what was the intention?I don't understand.Can distortion prove Kang Zhuo's purity?When checking the facts, Kang didn't feel guilty at all, saying that someone had provided the materials.Who mentioned it?4. When checking the materials, Ding and Chen's political issues were not explained.So checking is difficult.Zhang Hai and Cui Yi wrote a conclusion, which was overturned again.I thought they were unbiased.The incident between Ding and Chen was not accidental, and it has profound lessons. Many people in the literary and art circles have doubts about it.Hypocrisy, even if grown in power, cannot become true. (In May 1999, Tang Dacheng recalled: I quoted Tagore's words "hypocrisy cannot be transformed into truth by power." It is said that my words aroused Zhou Yang's anger, saying: "This Tang Dacheng used bourgeois language to attack the party. !”) Wei Junyi spoke about four issues: 1. It is a mistake to pursue the anonymous letter itself. The content of the letter is to have opinions on the leaders of literature and art. It cannot be said that this letter is anti-Party and anti-revolutionary.Before the letter was published, it was said to be anti-Party and anti-revolutionary.The investigation process was also wrong, involving a wide range of issues, and the Ministry of Public Security is concerned about the handwriting.2. Is the meeting going right?The struggle against the "anti-Party clique" is wrong, so how can the enlarged meeting of the party group be right?Ding and Chen are not completely free from mistakes, but the problem lies in the establishment of "anti-Party cliques", not in making mistakes.3. Why do you pay attention to this issue?Because of the many people involved in the meeting, many people have a heavy heart and cannot protect themselves.If such mistakes are not corrected, rectification will be difficult.The arrest of Chen Qixia was rash.4. Impressions: I was very uneasy when I followed the speech at the meeting. I didn't have independent thinking and judgment. I'm sorry for the title of party member. Tang Yin made a speech: 1. Since the previous year's meeting was an ideological criticism, why did it lead to the investigation of historical and political issues?Why was Chen Qixia not allowed to attend the meeting, and why was she arrested, and the "Literature and Art News" announced her "arrest order"?Why was the meeting held at that time?So the session is simply wrong.2. Disagreeing with the statement that the meeting is just "excessive" is not excessive, it is fundamentally wrong, and right and wrong cannot be confused.Saying this is to cover up mistakes, and it cannot convince the hearts of the people of the world.3. The leadership practice of beating to death with one stick.For example, Chen Qixia, put it to death and then hurry up, why?The central government proposed to inspect the "Literary News", which is very necessary and beneficial, but the specific approach to the editorial department is to beat the editorial department to death with a murderous look. First, there are conclusions, and then the crimes are collected. Lin Mohan first said "independent kingdom".To eradicate counter-revolutionaries, 50% of the "Literary News" struggles, 12 people.The damage to the good things in the tradition of "Literary Newspaper" is invisible, such as the research atmosphere, the unity of the old and the new, and so on.Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Everyone dare not speak freely during the rectification. (According to Tang Dacheng’s recollection, Tang Yin also said: I read the report of Ding Chen’s anti-Party clique, and the “Literary Daily” seems to be a den of robbers!) Huang Qiuyun made a statement: On August 5, 1955, Ruan Zhangjing came to me and said: I made every effort to find clues to the anonymous letter, checked the handwriting of as many as 40 or 50 people, and selected eleven or twelve copies to send to the Public Security Bureau.What is the reason for the error?I am an outsider, and my opinion is due to many reasons: 1. The subjectivism of the anonymous letter by the five-person group.2. If the leaders have prejudices against Comrades Ding, Chen, and Li, sectarianism may be considered.3. At that time, many comrades put their interests first and wrong, and they provided materials under pressure to encourage illusions.4. I have shortcomings and mistakes, but they are not the main ones.