Chapter 46 3. Shao Quanlin has lingering fears

In the anti-rightist struggle, the party secretary of the Chinese Writers Association was Shao Quanlin, but the real leader of the struggle was the deputy secretary Liu Baiyu, who was the force that Zhou Yang trusted and relied on. Huang Qiuyun, who has a good personal relationship with Shao Quanlin, said that Shao Quanlin played a very small role in the anti-rightist movement. Opinion. Zhang Xi said that when Shao Quanlin came to Hangzhou, he not only mobilized everyone to sing the song, but also took the lead in saying some words, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee.One day, Lin Mohan said at the party group meeting that the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee had suggested to the Central Propaganda Department that there was something wrong with Shao Quanlin's "ignition" speech in Hangzhou. He told Guo Xiaochuan that he would call Shao Quanlin back to Beijing immediately.

Probably Shao Quanlin lacks experience in political struggle within the party, and he is more about unswervingly implementing the party's instructions. Shao Quanlin came to the China Cultural Association in early 1953 from the position of director of the Education Department of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.At that time, Ding Ling was recuperating in Tanggangzi Hot Spring. Zhou Yang wrote to her to tell her the news.In the same year, the July and August issues of People's Literature, Shao Quanlin succeeded Mao Dun as the editor-in-chief. In October, the Association for Literature and Art was renamed the Chinese Writers Association, and Shao Quanlin served as the vice-chairman and deputy secretary of the new party group. In December 1956, he succeeded Zhou Yang as Secretary of the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association, and this position lasted until August 1965, when he was replaced by Liu Baiyu.

Shao Quanlin was two years younger than Ding Ling and two years older than Zhou Yang, but he joined the party earlier than both of them. He joined the party in 1926, Zhou Yang in 1927, and Ding Ling in 1932.He led the party's cultural work in the Kuomintang-controlled area for a long time, wrote articles on literary theory, and translated books on Marxist-Leninist literary theory. Li Zhi talked about his impression of Shao Quanlin before the anti-rightist struggle: "He is an orthodox Marxist, a very sincere and persistent person. He seems to have no other hobbies except work. The life requirements are simple. It is said that when he was working, his wife Ge Qin I have to put cigarettes and handkerchiefs in his pocket. He is very addicted to cigarettes, but when he talks, he forgets to smoke. He lit the fire and took a puff before throwing it into the ashtray. I wasted a lot on those cigarettes' It is a pity that he faced the complicated situation in the work of the Writers Association from time to time, but he believed that with his integrity, selflessness, and loyalty to the party, he would do the job well. Make a well-prepared and systematic speech, and handle every job meticulously. His body is so thin and unfit for clothes, I was moved by his work spirit, and worried about his health."

Shao Quanlin was in poor health. He suffered from lung disease in 1928 and spent another three years in the Kuomintang prison. In August 1962, the Chinese Writers Association held a symposium on the creation of rural short stories in Dalian. He spoke many times at the meeting, aiming at the tendency of monotonous themes and conceptualization of characters in literary and artistic creation, and proposed to describe characters in the middle state, so he was falsely accused of Advocating the writing of intermediate characters, he was first criticized and criticized during the "Cultural Revolution". He died of injustice in 1971 at the age of 65.The commemorative article written by his daughter Shao Xiaoqin said that during the "Cultural Revolution" when he was imprisoned, his emphysema worsened at night and he kept coughing. He grabbed the hand of Huang Qiuyun, who lived in the same room, and said in a weak voice: "You replace me Think about it, all these years, what have I done to the party?"

Shao Quanlin is a tragic figure. He is upright, honest, and loyal to the party, but he is not valued by the "organization". One important reason is that he lacks the spirit of "being brave and good at fighting." , is to be brave and good at fighting.Huang Qiuyun commented on him and said: "Shao Quanlin is a very orthodox Chinese Communist. He also has a lot of dogmatic things, but at the same time, he can't get rid of the traditional Chinese sophistication." , be kind to others, and don’t be too demanding on others.” “His main contradiction is the contradiction between his upright conscience as an intellectual and orthodox Marxism-Leninism.”

At that time, Guo Xiaochuan admired Lin Mohan and Liu Baiyu among the leaders of the Party Committee of the Chinese Writers Association and the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. His speech was long-winded, "Lin Mohan also often said that he was 'good performance' and 'speaking for hours', but he still believed in his big aspects." ("Review")