Chapter 51 8. The headline of "People's Daily": Breaking through the Ding-Chen Anti-Party Clique

Some days are ordinary days and some days are unforgettable days. On August 7th, several unforgettable things happened. In the afternoon, the 13th meeting of the enlarged party group of the Chinese Writers Association.The first to speak were Bai Lang and Li Na, and Guo Xiaochuan was not satisfied with their speeches.Then came Kang Zhuo's two-hour long speech. Guo Xiaochuan thought that "it was not very persuasive, and several of us were very dissatisfied." After the break, it was He Qifang and Lao She who spoke. Xu Guangyao said, "Mr. Lao She's speech has the most personal characteristics, and still maintains his consistent style of humor, sternness, and straightforwardness. Listening to the content, it is called criticizing Ding Chen, but in fact there are many hidden meanings."

Lao She's speech is different, with a needle hidden in the cotton.He has nothing on the line, just some big truths.He said, today's meeting is for the unity of writers, since I have nothing to expose, let's talk heart to heart.I love the party, and therefore I love party members and party writers.For example, once Comrade Feng Xuefeng pointed at my nose and rudely criticized my work, I accepted his criticism without getting emotional.Afterwards, Comrades Quanlin and Mohan came to see me for this matter, and they can prove that I didn't mind at all, because Xuefeng is a learned party member whom I respect.Besides, he and I are both the vice-chairmen of the Writers Association, so if I argue about this trivial matter, it will be detrimental to the work of the Writers Association.I admire the achievements of party members and writers such as Ding Ling and Zhao Shuli.However, I don't despise writers who cooperate with sanitation campaigns and write popular works such as allegro to slay flies.I once said at the Workers' Music Performance Conference that writing works about beating flies is also good, and there is no reason to be belittled.Indeed, if the flies were allowed to run rampant, even Shakespeare would get an infection and die.I knew people didn't respect me very much, but I didn't whisper it to anyone.They said that I was being promoted too high as the vice chairman of the association.I said, not high.When the Writers Association was established in Chongqing, for fear that Zhang Daofan would snatch the chairmanship, there was no chairman at all, and only a few ministers were in charge of the affairs of the association. I was actually in charge, dealing with Zhang Daofan, and uniting everyone.Therefore, although I did not start a revolution, Zhang Daofan can send me to prison at any time.I was the one who rescued Luo Binji and Wei Mengke.When Comrade Feng Xuefeng came to Chongqing, we had to hand over the manuscript to Pan Gongzhan, and I was the one who signed to protect him. The other three had backers, but I didn't. If Xuefeng ran away, I would have to go to jail.I'm not here to show my merits, but more importantly, after liberation, did I use these as capital and strive to become the vice chairman of the association?No!A writer's greatest capital should be a clean soul.One of the purposes of organizing the Writers Association is to unite writers. I have united writers in Chongqing, and I am qualified to be the vice-chairman of the association.I'm not a climber, I'm not going to brag about myself to the chiefs.I like to play haha, often say wrong things, and have many shortcomings in doing things, but I also have advantages, and I don't brag.Today can be regarded as debriefing bragging.After I became the vice chairman, I cooperated with many things for the writer, especially entertaining foreign guests. The foreign guests ate at my home, and I gave small gifts to the foreign guests. I never asked the Writers Association for money.I don’t compete for treatment. I have never been to Beidaihe or the Summer Palace. The Municipal People’s Committee repeatedly asked me to go to the Summer Palace to rest.It’s the same wherever you want to write. If you can’t write, you won’t be able to write even if you go to Switzerland.When I first returned to China, I needed salary. In the past two years, my income has improved, and I have repeatedly told Comrade Zhou Yang to stop paying salary.Since I get a salary, I should not ask for anything from the Writers Association.In my opinion, I am the most trouble-free vice-chairman to the General Affairs Section of the Writers Association.Come to this meeting, Comrade Ding Ling, I am not gloating at other people’s misfortune and watching the excitement. I have respected you before, I love the Party and the Writers’ Association, but now you are against the Party and destroying unity, so I have to hate you.You think that you are "I am literature", without you, I can't do it, I think it's better without you, unless you can turn over a new leaf.I hope you change your mind.Tell the truth, don't worry about face, Comrade Ding Ling, cleanse your soul!If you can change your ways, I will still reach out to you.If you don't change, we won't even look at you!

That afternoon, when a person finished his speech, he said a very powerful sentence while walking, half talking to himself, half telling others, he said: Ding Ling is the worst woman!At that time, Chen Ming was sitting where he was passing by, and he heard it clearly, he was startled suddenly, he never imagined that this old writer with a good relationship could say such hurtful words! On August 7th, the People's Daily reported on the headline of the front page the news of the enlarged meeting of the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association. )". The enlarged meeting of the party group of the Chinese Writers Association is divided into three stages. After each stage, the "People's Daily" will publish a manuscript (or a group) to report the progress and results of the struggle.The first time was "breaking" Ding Ling and Chen Qixia, the second time was "anti-Party element in the literary and art circles" Feng Xuefeng, and the third time was Li Youran, Ai Qing, Luo Feng, and Bai Lang.This first manuscript was published ahead of time when the struggle had just achieved a breakthrough and the entire stage had not yet ended. The reason for this is probably that the Central Propaganda Department was eager to report to the Party Central Committee.The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association all attached great importance to this manuscript.

This report was mainly written by Guo Xiaochuan, and its writing process is roughly as follows: On August 2, Guo Xiaochuan heard: It is said that Lu Dingyi asked Comrade Xiaoping for instructions and advocated publishing it in the newspaper the day after tomorrow, so he stepped up his preparation. On the 3rd, Guo Xiaochuan invited Ye Yao, a reporter from People's Daily, to report on the research conference. On the 5th, Guo Xiaochuan, People's Daily reporters Tian Zhongluo and Ye Yao worked together until after 9:00 p.m., took out the first draft, and sent it to Zhou Yang for review at 11:30 p.m. Zhou Yang personally revised the second half. Finished at half past one. At noon on the 6th, Zhou Yang, Shao Quanlin, Liu Baiyu, and Guo Xiaochuan made further revisions and sent them to the People's Daily. In the newspaper on the 7th.

This report comprehensively and detailedly introduced the situation of the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association to criticize and struggle against Ding Ling and Chen Qixia.From then on, Ding Ling and Chen Qixia became street rats, known to all women and children, and everyone shouted and beat them. The report said: “The party group of the Chinese Writers Association held twelve enlarged meetings from June 6 to August 6. From July 25 onwards, the scope of the meeting was further expanded, and there were party and non-party writers and There were more than 200 literary and art workers. At the meeting, the activities of the small anti-Party group headed by Ding Ling were exposed.” The following sub-headings are divided into five subheadings: Why the Writers’ Association Party Organization Criticized Ding Ling and Chen Qixia in 1955; Taking advantage of the international anti-Communist wave to intensify its comeback; Cooperating with the rightists Ding Chen was about to withdraw from the Writers Association in an attempt to publicly split the literary and art circles; the small anti-party group began to collapse, and Ding Ling and Chen Ming continued to resist.

The report of "People's Daily" also shattered Chen Qixia's fantasy. After Chen Qixia spoke at the conference on August 3, she felt more at ease and calmly "waited at home".Compared with the time when Chen Qixia was "isolated and inspected" in September 1955, the attitude of the "Writers Association" was really different.At that time, family members were not allowed to see each other for three or four months, and were even detained for writing letters. This time, the Writers Association came forward to solemnly ask for a month's leave to take care of Chen Qixia at home.Solemnly and optimistically, he thought: "The Writers Association and Comrade Zhou Yang have repeatedly assured that 'the party wants you and welcomes you back to the party', and the matter will be resolved smoothly."

Zheng Zheng is too naive to understand the cruelty and complexity of class struggle. The "Writers' Association Organization" is actually a strategy of struggle. First divide Chen Qixia, isolate Ding Ling, and then defeat each of them, and finally wipe out Ding and Chen!Chen Qixia soon understood. Chen Gonghuai wrote: "One night during the summer vacation, my father was agitated all night. He drank alcohol alone and kept crying. We were so scared that we couldn't sleep, but no one dared to persuade him. The second One day, my mother quietly told me that my father felt that he had been deceived in his confession at the conference, and that he made his problems too serious. Not only was he betrayed, but Ding Ling was also wronged. I regret it very much now.”

In April 1958, Chen Qixia was designated as a rightist, expelled from the party, revoked all positions inside and outside the party, canceled administrative ten-level treatment, paid 26 yuan a month for living allowances, and went to the Baigezhuang Farm in Luan County, Hebei Province to supervise labor. On the afternoon of August 8, the 14th meeting of the expanded party group of the Chinese Writers Association was held. Speakers included Zhang Guangnian, Cao Yu, Ruan Zhangjing, etc.Ding Ling reviewed and explained the issue again, but it was still considered "no progress". On the afternoon of the 9th, at the 15th meeting of the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association, after repeated mobilization by the Party group of the Writers Association, three professors, Feng Zhi, Wu Zuxiang, and Bian Zhilin, finally made a joint speech. The first sentence was: "We have only joined the party for more than a year. We are grateful to the Party for not letting go of any opportunity to give us the education of the Party during the past year or so." The next speaker was Haimo, who was temporarily recruited by Guo Xiaochuan from the script creation office that morning, and then They are Chen Baichen, Hu Haizhu, Yan Wenjing, Hanzi, Zhou Libo.

On the afternoon of August 13th, the 16th meeting of the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association was held from 2:30 to nearly 8:00.Qian Junrui said in a speech: Ding Ling was born in a feudal landlord family. Her father was so wealthy. When he saw that she was riding a horse with a good posture, he sent someone to buy back many white horses with a lot of money, each of which was equipped with a white satin embroidered saddle. , and then asked people to ride in front of him for fun.Her mother set up a swing in her garden for fun.In such a family, coupled with the influence of decadent pleasure literature, Ding Ling's thoughts were deeply branded with the selfishness, pride and despair of this declining class. Class perspective on women's equality.Ding Ling felt funny while listening: I don't know these things, where did they make up?

Party Secretary Shao Quanlin made a two-hour long speech, which is the summary of the first stage of the enlarged party meeting.He comprehensively and systematically analyzed and criticized the "Ding Ling and Chen Qixia Anti-Party Group", setting the tone for classifying them as rightists. Looking at the enlarged party group meeting after the resumption of the meeting on July 25, the "crimes" that exposed Ding Ling were basically Chen Zhimai's rotten millet two years ago, and only three new ones were added. When it came to the issue of "anti-Party cliques", Ding Ling said impatiently that you should ask the party group and Comrade Quan Lin. Withdrawing from the Writers Association at the Wendai Conference is creating divisions.There is also the most powerful one, that is, Ding Ling wants to overturn the case of the 1955 party group expansion meeting.

Although Shao Quanlin worked very hard, Zhou Yang and Liu Baiyu were not satisfied with his long speech, nor were they satisfied with the speeches of Zang Kejia and Qian Junrui, thinking that the meeting that day was not good. After the news of breaking the Ding-Chen anti-party clique appeared in the newspapers on August 7, the Central Committee was satisfied. On the evening of the 9th, in Zhongnanhai, the Central Committee held a meeting dedicated to the study of the anti-rightist struggle in the literary and art circles, and the leading comrades of the Central Committee gave instructions.Zhou Yang, Lin Mohan, Shao Quanlin, and Liu Baiyu all attended the meeting.Guo Xiaochuan said in his diary the next day: "Last night, the Premier and Comrade Xiaoping called comrades from the literary and art circles to talk about the anti-rightist struggle. They believed that the struggle had begun and many big sharks had surfaced." Instructions, Chen Tuoshou has a more detailed record in the article "Ding Ling's Days in the Great Northern Wilderness". They pointed out: "The anti-rightist movement in the literary and art circles has begun, but the firepower is not enough. It should be more thorough. Don't have sentimentalism, don't think that it has gone too far He has become more tolerant, more broad-minded, etc. Individualism is very strong in literature and art, and he opposes the party when he achieves a little bit, and he completely forgets how his achievements come from. It doesn’t hurt today, but I don’t know how it will hurt in the future. In the future, the pain will be uncontrollable The stubborn ones had to be destroyed and some of them eliminated. This is also a good way to save more people. These people are the scum of the literary and art circles. .Don’t appease famous actors and directors, put him in the newspaper again, and make him notorious.” The central leadership affirmed the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association, encouraging them to "don't have sentimentalism" and "should be more thorough."Some harsh words may be aimed at Ding Ling.