Chapter 63 5. See Zhou Yang again

On the afternoon of June 9, 1979, Ding Ling, Chen Ming, and Gan Lu went to Beijing Hospital to visit Zhou Yang who was in the hospital, and sat there for about half an hour.They made an appointment with Ganlu because Ganlu knew both of them very well and it was convenient for them to talk. This was Ding Ling's first meeting with Zhou Yang after returning to Beijing.At this time, they all experienced the baptism of the "Cultural Revolution". Zhou Yang, who punished people, also had the experience of being punished. The group "cannot be established", and the rightist issue in 1957 "belongs to a misclassification", both of which were qualitatively presided over by Zhou Yang.Chen Ming later explained that the reason why they wanted to visit Zhou Yang at this time was because Zhou Yang was going to visit Japan. "We wanted to meet him first, and secondly, we wanted him to be convenient for answering reporters when he visited Japan."

Gan Lu wrote: "At three o'clock, we arrived at the hospital on time and went straight to Comrade Zhou Yang's ward on the second floor. The door of the ward was open. The three of us approached the door. Zhou Yang and Su Lingyang came over to greet us when they saw us. We entered the room and sat down. There were few chairs in the ward, so Su Lingyang sat on the bed. Ding Ling told Zhou Yang that she had heard that he was hospitalized a few days ago and would be going east to Japan in a day or two, so she came to visit him; then asked about his condition, Express condolences and so on. Comrade Zhou Yang is in good spirits, saying that he is not seriously ill in the hospital this time, and he is here for a physical examination; he has already set a time to visit Japan, so he has to go and so on. Then he talked about his experience during the "Cultural Revolution" What happened, the rebels beat him into a fake party member and deafened his ears. Hearing this, we all felt very sad, with expressions of regret and grief on our faces. Then Comrade Zhou Yang said that Comrade Xia Yan’s legs were also He was beaten by the rebels during the Cultural Revolution; he also told Ding Ling that Xia Yan was also in the hospital, just downstairs; he also said that Xia Yan couldn't stay idle in the hospital, and people from the film industry came to him almost every day to listen to recorded lines, discuss scripts, etc. He suggested that Ding Ling stop by to see Xia Yan. After talking for about half an hour, Ding Ling got up to say goodbye, and Zhou Yang kept sending him out of the corridor.” “We came to Xia Yan’s ward downstairs, and he was sitting on a chair. The comrades surrounded him, probably talking about a script. Ding Ling walked into the ward and called "Comrade Xia Yan". Xia Yan turned her head and saw Ding Ling, and hurriedly stood up, took a few steps to meet Ding Ling, and shook hands and greeted each other. Ding Ling saw him There was work, and there were two or three comrades around me, so I was about to leave, and the host didn’t want to keep me, so the three of us drove back to the Friendship Hotel.” ("An Unforgettable Visit——Recalling Ding Ling’s Visit Zhou Yang")

Ding Ling herself wrote: "In the summer of 1979, not long after returning to Beijing from the countryside, I rationally thought that I should visit an old acquaintance, and we invited another friend to go with me. Although this old acquaintance I am currently living in the hospital, but it is better than I imagined. I have a beautiful face and white hair, and my movements are also vigorous and steady. I still have a little "hmm, ah" in my speech before, but my voice is relatively small. My throat was spinning. I was a little deaf, and it was hard to listen to what he said, but it was inconvenient to ask again, so I nodded and blinked as if I had heard it, but the gist of what he said was clear. He talked about "culture" very emotionally. What happened to himself and his wife during the Great Revolution. These things are naturally very sad. Almost no one in the literary and art world can escape that kind of suffering, and it is a well-known thing. After hearing it, I naturally feel sympathetic. But these things I've heard too much, seen too much, suffered too much, maybe I shouldn't, I'm really a little numb, but I'm visiting patients, so I have to listen to it patiently (maybe still not finished) ), and then left and came back." ("I read "Baptism"")

Obviously, Ding Ling was dissatisfied with Zhou Yang's performance, she didn't come to listen to Zhou Yang tell what happened to him.She suffered far more than him, and he was responsible. Chen Ming heard Zhou Yang raised his head on the sofa and said softly: "The responsibility can't be put entirely on one person." After returning, he told Ding Ling what he said, and the two guessed who Zhou Yang was referring to, himself. , referring to Lin Mohan, Liu Baiyu, or Chairman Mao?Chen Ming said that Zhou Yang didn't say a word about Ding Ling's mistreatment in the past, and he didn't ask about Ding Ling's situation in these years, but there he told his own suffering, saying that his ears were deaf from the beating.

Ding Ling just wanted to hear Zhou Yang admit his mistakes to her face to face, but until his death, he never heard Zhou Yang say a word of apology. Five months later, on November 6, during the National Cultural Congress, Zhou Yang suddenly visited Ding Ling's home in Muxidi.Unfortunately, Ding Ling went to Friendship Hospital to see a doctor because of her severe cough in those few days, and the two could not meet each other.If Ding Ling was at home, would Zhou Yang say a word of apology?Will the relationship between the two improve?Since Zhou Yang has admitted his mistakes to so many people he has punished, why can't he admit his mistakes to Ding Ling who has suffered the most persecution!Ding Ling is not the one to hold on to the pigtails and not let go.