Chapter 64 6. Striving for a "Party Member Status"

On May 1, Ding Ling wrote "Preface to Reprint" for the upcoming reprint of People's Literature Publishing House.This article was published in People's Daily on July 18.This is Ding Ling's first appearance in the organ newspaper of the Party Central Committee. Ding Ling passionately expressed her admiration for Mao Zedong in the "Reprinted Preface".She recalled the scene when she was writing in Fuping. At that time, she had severe back pain, had difficulty walking, could not sleep at night, and wrote with her waist pressed against the furnace wall during the day.But she was like a soldier charging on the line of fire shouting Mao Zedong's name, thinking that this book was written for Chairman Mao, and that one day she would present it to Chairman Mao.She endured severe pain to finish writing the book.She said: "When the old man was alive, I didn't want to say this kind of thoughts, feelings and these hidden things in my heart. Now no one will think that I say these things to express myself and elevate myself. I feel like expressing my true feelings at that time."

These words were said by Ding Ling after Mao Zedong wrote "Re-Criticism" and suffered 20 years of injustice.After the article was published, Zhang Fengzhu went to see her at the Friendship Hotel and expressed difficulty in understanding her mood.Ding Ling smiled and said: It seems that you have not made much political progress in the past twenty years.This sentence has a lot of meaning. On June 20, Ge Yang and Zhang Fengzhu came to see Ding Ling, and conveyed to her the notice from the Chinese Writers Association: the fourth literary representative meeting was about to be held, and she was asked to prepare to make a speech at the meeting.The next day, Ding Ling sent a letter to "Comrade Zhang Xi and please transfer to the Writers' Association Party Group", requesting that the party's organizational life be restored as soon as possible according to the party's policy and the conclusion of the correction, and to participate in the forthcoming four literary congresses as a party member writer.The letter said: "As for my personal attendance at this Wendai Conference, I think it should be like the two previous Wendai Conferences before 1958. I should clearly participate in the meeting as a Communist Party writer. Because since my historical issues have been clarified, I don’t There is a problem of the nature of the enemy and ourselves. The 'Ding Chen Anti-Party Group' cannot be established at all, and the rightists are misclassified. In the conclusion of the correction, it is decided to restore my party membership and administrative rank, and restore my political reputation. Then it should be like this. It is just my correction now. The historical part of the conclusion is still being rewritten. In this regard, I have stated my own opinions again in the written materials submitted on June 8 this year. I hope to get your consideration, acceptance and timely processing, so that the Get my organizational life back."

On June 24, Ding Ling sent another letter to the party group of the Chinese Writers Association and forwarded it to the Central Propaganda Department, requesting to confirm her identity as a party member to participate in the Cultural Congress.However, the party group of the Writers Association has not responded for a long time. During this period, Ding Ling frequently "appeared" in front of the people of the whole country: on June 6, she appeared in the list of members of the five CPPCC by-election published by "People's Daily"; from June 15 to July 2 , She attended the Second Session of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and her speech at the group meeting was included in the meeting briefing. Deng Yingchao also took a group photo with her. "People's Daily" published Ding Ling's photo, and Xinhua News Agency announced that it will be republished."Du Wanxiang" was published in the July issue of "People's Literature".

On the eve of July 1st, during the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Ding Ling received a notice asking her to attend the meeting of the 33rd group of members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Because the Writers Association has not yet resumed her organizational life, she hesitated when she entered the venue, and asked the convener Zhou Fufu: "I did not go to the wrong place, did I?" Zhou Fufu replied enthusiastically: "You did not go to the wrong place, right here!" It was the first time that Ding Ling participated in a party member meeting in more than 20 years. After the meeting, she excitedly wrote the prose "Feelings on July 1": "Party, mother! I am back. Today, I participated in the CPPCC membership Yes. For twenty-one years, I have been looking forward to this day day and night." This article was published in the "Beijing Daily" on July 1, and the party group of the Chinese Writers Association was very dissatisfied.

Now, Ding Ling has to fight hard to restore her party membership and organizational life. On September 20, Ding Ling wrote a letter to Zhang Xi for the third time and transferred it to the Writers' Association party group, requesting an early restoration of the party's organizational life.The letter said: Regarding the review conclusion of the Review Office of the Writers Association, "except for the historical part, I reserve my own opinions. Although I still have opinions on the rest, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, I signed the conclusion. In June this year, I thank the Party Central Committee According to the arrangement, I participated in the Second Session of the Fifth CPPCC, and I was able to publish articles. However, my party organization life has not yet recovered; my living expenses are still in accordance with the 1975 "Gang of Four" who took power and were released from prison. According to the regulations at the time, 80 yuan per month was mailed from Changzhi, Shanxi; There are indeed many things that should be done here that have not been done. Therefore, I have to consider that even if I am lucky enough to get the qualification to participate in this session of the Cultural and Cultural Congress, the past imposed on me , and the erroneous conclusions that have been spread in public have not been publicly withdrawn, some false statements have not been overthrown, the true face of history has not been restored, organizational life has not been restored, and political reputation has not been restored. ', 'Correction of the Rightists', in such an identity, as a prisoner of war who has been treated with leniency, to participate in the Cultural Congress, in addition to proving that the implementation of the party's policies has been hindered, and the correction of historical mistakes is not thorough, timely, and ineffective. The Party, what benefits and positive effects can the Wendai Conference have on the work? For this reason, I wrote to you in late June, hoping to implement the policy as soon as possible and restore organizational life in time, so that I can be like the 1950s I participated in the meeting as a normal member of the Communist Party like the two previous text conferences, but unfortunately I did not get a reply. Now I will report and propose to you again, please give me instructions."

Still no response, no reply.The Chinese Writers Association responded with indifference and silence to Ding Ling, who was eager to return to the embrace of the party. In desperation, Ding Ling had to turn to the Central Propaganda Department for help. On September 23, she wrote to Vice Minister Liao Jingdan and Minister Hu Yaobang of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: "I think it is necessary to clarify my political identity for participating in the meeting. Since the review conclusion of the Writers Association confirms that the conclusion of the anti-Party group in 1955 is wrong , the rightists in 1957 were misclassified, and decided to restore my party membership and administrative rank, so I should participate in this Wendaihui as a Communist Party member like the first two Wendaihui, which is natural. As early as June, I stated this opinion and request in writing to the Party group of the Writers Association, but I did not receive a reply.... Could it be that because I have different reservations about the historical conclusions, can I delay the resolution of issues such as party membership? Wan Wan I think that historical conclusions are inconsistent with the facts and forced to be kept for a long time (this is allowed by the party constitution), should these issues have been left unresolved? I think this should not be the case. Now it is not far from the date of the Cultural Congress. I made this request to the Party Group of the Writers Association (see the attached letter) at one time, and appealed to you, and sincerely hope to get your support."

In September, Ding Ling attended the memorial service of two old acquaintances, Shao Quanlin and Zhou Libo, both of whom severely criticized her at the 1957 conference.Another important character from that year came to visit, and Kang Zhuo came to express his apology.Ding Ling and Chen Ming received him warmly like old friends. The National Day is here, and this is the first time that Ding Ling has celebrated the National Day in Beijing in more than 20 years.She participated in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic held in the Great Hall of the People and attended the National Day reception.Shortly after the National Day, on October 22, she moved into her new residence in Muxidi, a building for high-ranking cadres. She lives on the ninth floor, nicknamed "Nine Heavens".Since then, she has settled down, and finally has a real "home" in Beijing.

On the same day that she moved, the Central Organization Department issued Xuanganzi No. 22: "Preparatory Group of the Chinese Writers Association: Comrade Ding Ling's re-examination conclusion is under review. In view of the upcoming convening of the 4th Cultural Congress, Comrade Ding Ling has been elected as a representative, Please restore his party membership and organizational life from now on, and please inform the leading group of the Fourth Cultural Congress.” Two days later, Zhang Xi came to Ding Ling's new residence to inform her of the news of her resumption of party membership and organizational life.Ding Ling raised the matter in June, and it has been four months since then.

Why did the Central Organization Department finally come forward to solve the problem?Li Xin said in "I also talk about "stories that shouldn't happen"": In the early autumn of 1979, at a meeting of the leading group of the Cultural Congress, Hao Yimin, deputy director of the Propaganda and Education Cadre Bureau of the Central Organization Department, conveyed the issue of Ding Ling from the Central Organization Department two opinions. "He said that Ding Ling's re-examination conclusion has been written out. Ding Ling still has some opinions on the conclusion. The problem has not been finally resolved, but the rightist must have made a mistake and needs to be corrected. First restore her level 7 administrative treatment. Ding Ling is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and has already attended the member meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Ding Ling is now divided into houses in Muxidi, and living expenses of 80 yuan a month are difficult. The person in charge of the Review Office of the Writers’ Association said, The rightists have not corrected, so it is not good to do this. The deputy minister said that the rightists who have not been corrected cannot do this. As for the opinions of the Organization Department of the Central Committee, please write to us. In October, the Organization Department of the Central Committee sent an official letter to restore Ding Ling to the CCP first. The organizational life of party members." The "deputy minister" here is Zhou Yang.At that time, Li Xin was the deputy secretary-general of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and participated in the preparations for the four Literary and Art Congresses, so he knew the inside story.

On October 30, the Fourth National Congress of Literary Generation was held in Beijing Xiyuan Hotel. Ding Ling attended as a party member writer.At the third National Writers Congress held at the same time, she was elected as the director of the new Chinese Writers Association. Her number of votes was second only to Ba Jin and tied for second with Mao Dun.At the first meeting of the council, she was re-elected as vice-chairman of the Chinese Writers Association.During the meeting, Ding Ling saw many old friends. She was very happy to reunite after the catastrophe. The staff and students of the former Central Institute of Literature came to see her one after another and took photos with her, including Tian Jian, Kang Zhuo, Ma Feng, Xu Gang, Xu Guangyao, Xing Ye, Chen Miao, Wu Boxiao, Gong Mu, Liu Zhen, Zhang Fengzhu, Li Na, Lu Fei, etc., they still respect and love their teachers.

On the afternoon of November 8, the representative meeting held a speech in the conference room of Xiyuan Hotel, chaired by Li Ji, deputy secretary of the party group of the Chinese Writers Association.Ding Ling came late, and she gave a long speech at the end of the conference.This is Ding Ling's first speech at a large-scale meeting of the literary and art circles since her comeback.She said, without our correct and wise party, I, Ding Ling, would never have the opportunity to come to Beijing or meet everyone in my life, and I would perish in this world!Now I have the right to publish articles. Many newspapers and magazines have come to me and asked me to write articles. This is something I have never dared to dream about for a long time.She also talked about the sectarian issue in the literary and art circles, saying that it would be very dangerous if this thing was not reversed.Then she talked about one thing: "Let's talk about sects. It is said that they have existed since Yan'an. A foreign reporter, Mr. Zhao Haosheng wrote an interview report, saying that there are sects in Yan'an. There are two factions, one faction It is 'Lu Yi', who is the leader. Another faction is the 'Wen Kang' faction, and the 'Wen Kang' faction is headed by me, and Ai Qing." "Actually, who has the faction and who is the leader of the faction, everyone Do you understand in your heart?" The cause of this incident is as follows: the second issue of "New Literature and Historical Materials" reprinted an interview "Zhou Yang's Laughing History of Merits and Demerits" from Hong Kong's "Seventies" monthly magazine. The author was Zhao Haosheng, and the interview time was around 1978. summer.The article quotes Zhou Yang as saying: "At that time there were two factions in Yan'an. One was represented by 'Lu Yi', including He Qifang, and of course I was the leader. The other was represented by 'Wen Kang' and headed by Ding Ling. These two factions There was a bit of sectarianism in Shanghai. Generally speaking, people from the "Lu Yi" faction advocated praising the light. One faction advocates exposing the darkness." "In this case, Wang Shiwei's articles and Ding Ling's articles appeared. They published articles publicly, expressing their dissatisfaction with the situation. Especially Ding Ling, who was the editor-in-chief of the literature and art section of "Liberation Daily" at that time , she herself published the article first. This phenomenon was not only noticed by Chairman Mao, but also by many veteran cadres. They came back from the front and said why Yan'an was so smoky..." Ding Ling read it, and immediately remembered Zhou Yang's speech at the enlarged party group meeting of the Chinese Writers Association on July 25, 1957, criticizing her for being disloyal to the party in Nanjing, Yan'an, and Beijing.Later, Liu Baiyu and many other people's speeches used this as the keynote to criticize Ding Ling for being disloyal to the party.Now, Zhou Yang not only grasps the problem of Nanjing and does not let go, but also flips out the old scores of the Yan'an period. Isn't this still repeating the tone of the criticism in 1957!Ding Ling was naturally angry. After Ding Ling finished speaking, there was a small climax in the venue. Several comrades who had been wrongly criticized and misclassified in the anti-rightist struggle spoke one after another and won applause continuously.At this time, Li Ji, the host of the meeting, asked Zhou Yang to say a few words.Zhou Yang talked about being persecuted and deafened, about the reunion of the disbanded literary and art teams today, and about "the spring of literature and art has come!" At this time, Xiao Jun shouted from the audience: "The spring of Comrade Zhou Yang , is my winter!" After the Wen Dai Conference, Ding Ling wrote materials to the Organization Department of the Central Committee again on December 21, demanding that the historical conclusions made by the Organization Department in 1940 be adhered to.The Organization Department of the Central Committee submitted the review conclusion of the Chinese Writers Association to the Central Committee together with her appeal materials. On January 25, 1980, the Central Committee issued Jifa [1980] No. 30: "Chinese Writers Association: Agree with your review and correction opinions on Comrade Ding Ling's rightist issue, restore her party membership and political reputation, and restore her original salary level. About Comrade Ding Ling On the issue of being arrested in history, I agree to maintain the conclusion of "making political mistakes in front of the enemy" made by the Central Propaganda Department in October 1956. In this conclusion, it is said that Ding wrote a "declaration" to the enemy. A treacherous conduct', may be corrected." This is the official opinion of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which is insane. On March 5, 1980, the Organization Department of the Central Committee issued Xuanqianzi No. 8 document: "Chinese Writers Association: The report on the issue of Comrade Ding Ling's enjoyment of deputy minister treatment on February 9 has been received. After research, it is agreed to resume Comrade Ding Ling's deputy minister treatment."