Chapter 56 13. "Recriticism"

The second issue of "Literary News" published on January 26, 1958, published a special series of "Re-Criticism", criticizing Wang Shiwei's, Ding Ling's, "In the Hospital", Xiao Jun's "On Comrades' Love" and " Nai"", Luo Feng's "Era of Essays", Ai Qing's "Understanding Writers, Respecting Writers", etc.On the second day, "People's Daily" introduced the main content of the "Re-criticism" special edition and editor's note. Li Zhi talked about the origin of "re-criticism" in "Literary World Records": At the end of the enlarged party group meeting of the Writers Association, a material was printed and distributed: "Thoughts on "March 8th", "Wild Lilies" and others", in which There are "anti-Party" articles such as , etc., and the "Unified Series" "About "Wild Lily" and Others - The Truth of the New Literary Prison in Yan'an" compiled and printed by Unified Publishing House in 1942 is an appendix.The editor's note specifically mentions: "Unified Publishing House is a publishing agency of the Kuomintang's secret service agency. This pamphlet was obtained from Hu Feng's home. The title page has the words 'Chen Shoumei' (that is, Ah Long)." After seeing the material, Mao Zedong , offering to republish and critique these articles.

The editorial board of "Literary News" hastened to organize a special issue, using a very long general title: "Review of "Wild Lily", "Thoughts on the March 8th Festival", "In the Hospital" and other anti-Party articles Re-criticism". On January 16, they wrote a report to Mao Zedong who was presiding over the Central Work Conference in Nanning, and attached the article and editor's note for Mao Zedong to review. On the 19th, Mao Zedong wrote comments to Zhang Guangnian, Hou Jinjing, and Chen Xiaoyu of the "Literary News", and made a drastic rewrite of the editor's note.

Mao Zedong was very dissatisfied with the editor's note of "Literary News". He wrote in his comment: "The note is dull and not political enough. You are writers, and your writing is not enough. It is not enough to arouse readers' attention. Recently, the style of writing has improved. As far as this commentary is concerned, it is not yet. The title is too long, and the word "re-criticize" is enough. Please think about it." He also said: "The words are too hard, the words are too straightforward, and the adjectives are too fierce, but the effect is not good. It’s so big that people don’t even want to read it. You should pay more attention.”

Mao Zedong almost re-wrote the editor's note: "What are you criticizing again? Wang Shiwei's, Ding Ling's, Xiao Jun's "On Comrades' Love" and "Tolerance", Luo Feng's "Still Essay Era", Ai Qing's " Knowing Writers, Respecting Writers, and several others. All of the above-mentioned articles were published in the Literary Supplement of Yan'an "Liberation Daily". Ding Ling and Chen Qixia presided over this supplement." "Ding Ling, Chen Qixia, Luo Feng, Ai Qing is a party member. Ding Ling wrote a surrender letter in Nanjing, betraying the proletariat and the Communist Party to Chiang Kai-shek. She concealed it and deceived the trust of the party. She became the editor-in-chief of the Literary Supplement of Yan'an "Liberation Daily", and Chen Qixia was her assistant. "These articles are anti-Party and anti-people. In 1942, the Anti-Japanese War was in a difficult period, and the Kuomintang vigorously opposed the Communist Party and the people. The articles of Ding Ling, Wang Shiwei and others helped Japanese imperialism and the Chiang Kai-shek reactionaries." "In 1957, "People's Daily" republished Ding Ling's. The other articles were not reprinted. "Admiration of strange articles, analysis of doubts and doubts", many people want to read this batch of "strange articles". We put these I collected everything and read it all again, and there was something strange about it. The odd thing is that I am writing counter-revolutionary articles with the attitude of a revolutionist. A good nose can see through at a glance, and other people are often deceived. Foreigners who know the names of Ding Ling and Ai Qing may think that We need to understand the truth of this matter. Therefore, we re-published this batch of articles. Thanks to the work of Ding Ling, Wang Shiwei and others, poisonous weeds have become fertilizer, and they have become teachers for the broad masses of our people. They can indeed educate the people to understand our How the enemy works. The stuffed nose opens, and the naïve and ignorant young or old know much of the world quickly."

Ding Ling read the editor's note in one breath, and immediately guessed that it was written by Mao Zedong.Others can't and dare not write such vivid and pungent words.She thought, it's over, the supreme leader has spoken, and it's useless to argue.She admitted it.