Chapter 48 5. All beings

"Report on the Criticism of Ding Ling and Chen Qixia's Anti-Party Group by the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association" stated, "At the seventh meeting, comrades from the Propaganda Department of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee announced the materials exposed by Liu Xi, who had been used and deceived by Chen Qixia for a long time. The anti-party activities of the Chen Group and the Chen Group were further exposed. Since the seventh meeting, more than 300 people have participated in the meeting." The seventh meeting will be on July 30. This morning, Zhou Yang called Lin Mohan to understand the reaction to the meeting, and asked about the preparations for the speech in the afternoon, especially Fang Ji's preparations for the speech.The meeting was held at 2:00 pm, and there were many new faces in the venue, with serious expressions and a solemn atmosphere. Even if old friends meet here, they just say hello reservedly.Shao Quanlin, who presided over the meeting, explained the reasons for expanding the scope of the meeting: first, the problem of Ding and Chen was not only a problem within the party, but also a major problem in the literary and artistic circles; Many comrades do not know the truth through distorted propaganda on the Chen issue.Therefore, more comrades are invited to the meeting for open discussion.

The newly expanded personnel include all party members and cadres in the Creative Office of the Ministry of Culture of the General Political Department.This is the "special care" that Yu Ji, the director of the creative studio, asked Guo Xiaochuan for.At that time, the General Political Creation Room gathered the top figures in the cultural creation of the whole army, including Wei Wei (Deputy Director), Du Feng (Party Branch Secretary), Hu Ke (Party Group Leader), Xu Guangyao, Bai Hua, Huang Zongjiang, Gong Liu, Li Bai and others.Later, Wei Wei made a critical speech at the meeting on behalf of the seventeen military writers who attended the meeting.When the truck they took arrived at the gate of the Federation of Literature and Art Circles building, Xu Guangyao didn't know what kind of meeting they were having. He heard someone say that Ding Ling was coming, so he jumped out of the car in a hurry and ran over happily to shake hands with her, but Ding Ling was wearing a Wearing sunglasses, he staggered, his face was sullen and he didn't say anything, and he didn't stretch out his hand. Looking at Chen Ming next to him, his eyes were full of fear and suspicion.Only then did Xu Guangyao feel something was wrong.

Walking into the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building, between the first and second floors, on the first and a half floors, is a hall with a stage in front. There are several thick columns supporting the roof in the hall, so some people call it the Hall of Columns.The enlarged meeting of the party group is held in this hall, but there is no rostrum on the stage.Xu Guangyao recalled: there were some tables and chairs arranged irregularly in the hall, and there were two "desks" against the east wall, where several hosts often gathered.Among the most active hosts were Liu Baiyu, whom Zhou Yang referred to as "great contribution", as well as Shao Quanlin, Guo Xiaochuan, etc., but Zhou Yang himself was sitting in a corner, interjecting not by accident, but thinking that he was not present.Ding Ling and Chen Ming shared a "desk", while Chen Qixia sat at another place.There are also a few people with particularly sad faces and low eyebrows, such as Feng Xuefeng, Ai Qing, etc., who are all stuck in the corners.Xu Guangyao described Ding Ling as: "Ding Ling, who had to attend every meeting, sat with Chen Ming from beginning to end, listening to all kinds of criticism, insults, humiliation and humiliation of her. Her pain, her Her forbearance, she has nowhere to go, I can't write it with my bald pen....New China has only been established for seven or eight years, and the class struggle in my own camp has become like this!"

At the beginning of the meeting, Fang Ji spoke first, exposing many "shocking" facts, which aroused people's anger.Fang Ji once worked in Yan'an "Liberation Daily", and wrote the famous prose "Between Waving Hands" in the early 1960s.Xu Guangyao said that he was "in his prime, tall and eloquent, and his sonorous voice combined with gestures strengthened the shocking effect of his exposure." Fang Ji said: I am speaking on behalf of the Tianjin Branch of the Chinese Writers Association.Comrade Liu Xi recently exposed many appalling facts during the anti-rightist struggle of the Tianjin branch, exposing a large anti-Party conspiracy plan.The comrades of the Tianjin Writers' Association were shocked and angry when they heard these facts, so they appointed me to speak here, and expose them based on the materials given by Comrade Liu Xi.There are three main things about Ding Ling in Fang Ji's speech.One is that after the enlarged party group meeting of the Writers Association started in June, Chen Qixia asked Liu Xi to meet at the Temple of Heaven Park and told her, "This is a good time, the situation has opened up!" She asked Liu Xi to tell Wen Wei Po and send someone to interview the Writers Association In the meeting, interview Ding Ling.Liu Xi went to find Yao Fangzao, told her the inside story of Ding and Chen's incident, and asked them to interview Ding Ling.Pu Xixiu took Yao Fangzao to visit Ding Ling, but Ding Ling asked them to ask Shao Quanlin.The nature of this matter is: Ding Chen "colludes with rightists outside the party to attack the party"!The other is that Chen Qixia was planning to run a mimeographed publication, and Ding Ling paid for it. He said: "This will destroy the "Literary News"!" The third is: Chen Qixia told Liu Xi: "This time Ding Ling has made up her mind. , I want to raise my own problems at the Wendai Conference in October this year, and if they can’t be resolved, I will publicly withdraw from the Chinese Writers Association!” Later, she said that this matter was Ding Ling’s plan to openly split the literary and art circles!

Ding Ling was only allowed to pour dirty water on her body, and she was not allowed to say a word of grievance. If she did, it would be a new "anti-Party" fact!Even if Ding Ling really withdraws from the Writers Association, can the literary and art circles be split?Really overestimated her role and energy.It's really infinitely over the top, exaggerated, and exposed the domineering face of some people! In April 1978, Ding Ling explained this problem in her statement to Hu Yaobang: "Before the expanded meeting of the Party Group of the Writers Association in 1957, I said to Ge Wen once with anger: 'This problem (referring to the 1955 If the conclusion of the Party Group of the Writers Association is not resolved, I will quit the literary and artistic circles.’ After that, Chen Qixia came to my house, and I said to him: ‘If the problem is not resolved this time, I will not stay in the literary and artistic circles.’ Both times When the emotion is impulsive, the angry words are not thought through."

Then, the meeting arranged for "Wen Wei Po" reporter Yao Fangzao to speak and expose Liu Xi. Ding Ling also made a long speech at the meeting, not only introspecting, but also explaining and clarifying some facts.She had to admit that the enlarged party group meeting in 1955 was held correctly, and she had to admit that she used the first three enlarged party group meetings in June to attack the party, expressing acceptance of the opinions put forward at the fourth enlarged party group meeting, especially Comrade Zhou Yang's Opinion, determined to correct. The next day, Ding Ling's speech was criticized. It was considered empty. It only talked about trivial matters in life, and did not talk about how to link up and incite others to oppose the party.Zhang Tianyi, Ai Qing, and Sha Ting said in a joint speech: "Comrade Ding Ling, we regard you as an old comrade. We care and love you, and the party has repeatedly protected you. ... I hope Comrade Ding Ling can truly overcome her mistakes. "

Then Chen Qixia spoke, and her attitude changed obviously, saying that he was at a critical moment and would not deny it anymore.Tian Jian's wife, Ge Wen, confirmed in a statement that she had heard Ding Ling say that she wanted to announce her withdrawal from the Writers Association in a newspaper. At each meeting, a keynote speech is arranged. The keynote speech of this day is Liu Baiyu, who is arranged to be the last one. From 5:00 to 7:30, Guo Xiaochuan called it "a very good speech." Liu Baiyu followed Zhou Yang's speech on July 25, saying that Ding Ling's most serious problem was disloyalty to the party. In Nanjing in the 1930s, in Yan'an in the early 1940s, and in Beijing after the national victory, several major critical periods It is disloyal and honest.Liu Baiyu quoted several passages from a pamphlet "On "Wild Lily" and Others" written by the Kuomintang secret service to prove that her writing was welcomed and used by the enemy.Liu Baiyu said that after the liberation of the whole country, Ding Ling's pride and self-satisfaction reached a considerable height, and it was very difficult to say anything unpleasant to her. Ding Ling asked me my opinion on "Journey to Taohuaping", and I politely said that it was not as good as "The Director of Liang Mo". , but she immediately said whoever said it was better than that one.She often has no respect for Mao Dun, Lao She, Ba Jin and other non-Party writers, nor does she respect Party writers.

Liu Baiyu also made some self-criticisms. He said: As the head of the five-member group and the party group, "My shortcomings are mainly 'leftist' mistakes, especially during the eradication of counter-revolutionaries. I am personally responsible for killing some comrades, and I should apologize to them, especially for the isolation of Comrade Li Youran. I also apologized to Li Youran. In addition, there were some incomplete handling of the aftermath, such as the struggle against comrade Yan Chen, who did not announce the results of the review at a meeting of the same size. Today I represent the five-member group at the At this meeting, it was announced that in the political history of comrades in the factory, we have checked that there is no problem. Due to my personal shortcomings and mistakes in my work, some comrades have been wronged. I will always cherish these comrades now and in the future. I apologize." He also specifically mentioned, "In terms of the political and ideological struggle against Ding and Chen within the party, we were not without shortcomings and mistakes, such as the investigation of anonymous letters. Insufficient verification and review, and some exaggerations in the materials all show that we lack the spirit of seeking truth from facts.”

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, Liu Baiyu also "forever apologized" for the harm he caused to Ding Ling and others at the two enlarged party group meetings of the Chinese Writers Association in 1955 and 1957. After the "Notice on Rehabilitating Comrade Ding Ling's Honor" issued by the Organization Department of the Central Committee in August 1984, on the afternoon of August 21, Liu Baiyu made a special trip to Ding Ling's home in Muxidi to apologize for his mistakes back then.He just said: "I'm here to apologize!" Ding Ling immediately stopped him graciously, not letting him continue, then changed the subject and started talking in a friendly manner.From then on, Ding Ling and Liu Baiyu resumed the friendship established during the Yan'an period.Ma Feng, who has known Liu Baiyu for many years and served as secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Writers Association in the early 1990s, said in a conversation at the end of 2001 that some of Liu Baiyu's performances in the 1950s were "ordered to punish people".

On the afternoon of August 1st, the Enlarged Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association held its ninth meeting.Cao Yu was the first to speak, and he spoke very truthfully, saying: I am a party member who has just joined the party, and what was exposed at this meeting shocked and angered me.It was the first time for me to participate in such a large party meeting, and the people I was criticized were people I knew and senior intellectuals.They have degenerated to the point where they are today, which makes me deeply feel that high-level intellectuals must be completely reformed, and even more so after joining the party.I am really disappointed with Comrades Ding Ling and Chen Qixia.Ding Ling is talented, can write, and is also very capable in handling affairs. This is my impression.Comrade Ding Ling is an old writer and an old party member. In the past, I had great expectations of her.But I also think she is proud and complacent, very immodest, and likes to have a bunch of people holding her and turning around her.When I was with her in Moscow, she got a Stalin bonus and she was very happy.I am also happy for her.She said to me: "I will write a few good books in the future, and I will write more books like Tolstoy and Gorky." Of course it is good for a writer to write books like Tolstoy and Gorky, but I think There was something too conceited in her tone.I sincerely hope that Comrades Ding Ling and Chen Qixia will change their minds and make a big determination to be newcomers next time.