Chapter 65 7. "I could die!"

Ding Ling's party membership was restored, her salary level was restored, and her political benefits were restored.However, her "historical problem" still leaves a tail.The indomitable old lady is not one to let things go. In December 1980, when she filled in the "other issues that need to be explained" column in the cadre resume, she wrote: "(1) In 1979, the Cadre Review Bureau of the Organization Department of the Central Committee was responsible for reviewing a period of my history in Nanjing. Abide by the provisions of the party constitution and In the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, I have written materials several times, detailing historical facts and reasons, and requested to maintain the conclusions made in Yan'an Central Organization Department in 1940, and expressed that I could not agree with the opinion of the Review Office of the Writers Association: to maintain the 1956 The conclusion of the Party Committee of the Central Propaganda Department. I also proposed to the Judgment Bureau that when there was a disagreement between the individual and the organization, I was required to submit my written appeal to the superior for approval in accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution. So far I don’t know how Whether the bureau has done this before. Whether my appeal is reasonable or wrong, and I have not seen a reply so far. (2) The Bureau of Examination and Cadres of the Organization Department of the Central Committee submitted the opinion of the Central Committee to maintain the 1956 conclusion. The organization should obey, and if the Examination and Cadre Bureau of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China does not submit my appeal materials to the central government at the same time, then I reserve the right to continue appealing to the central government.”

In this regard, the Bureau of Examination and Cadres of the Organization Department of the Central Committee replied: "Ding Ling's 79, 12, 21 appeal materials have been submitted to the Central Committee." In 1981, Wang Zhongchen and Shang Xia, young teachers from the Chinese Department of Northeast Normal University, wrote "Ding Ling's Life and Path of Literature", which was the first monograph on Ding Ling in China after the smashing of the "Gang of Four".Their teacher Jiang Xijin once edited "Anti-Japanese War Literature and Art" with Lou Shiyi and Lao She during the Anti-Japanese War. Through this relationship, they found Lou Shiyi and asked him to write a preface.Lou Shiyi readily agreed, and in December 1981 wrote the article "A Beautiful Mind——Preface "Ding Ling's Life and Literature Road"".As soon as the article was written, Lou Shiyi really wanted to publish it in newspapers, so on January 12, 1982, he wrote to Kong Luosun, an old friend of the "Literary News", saying: "Brother Luosun: I just wrote a short article. Published in "Literary News", whether it is available or not, please read it in advance and reply within a week or two, so that I can post it to other publications when it is not in use." On January 16, Kong Luosun wrote in a letter: "I have published the article. Read it, please send it to Comrade Feng Mu for reading." On January 21, Tang Dacheng of "Literary News" wrote to Zhang Guangnian asking for instructions: "Send an article about Comrade Ding Ling written by Comrade Shiyi upstairs. This article He handed it over to Comrade Luo Sun for publication in the "Literary News". I asked Comrade Feng Mu to read it, and he instructed to send it to you for review. We feel that this article contains a lot of beautiful words, and it involves some historical facts , I don’t know if what he said is appropriate, so it needs to be treated with caution. But he himself asked the "Literary News" to publish it, and how we should respond to him is also very deliberate. Please review it and give us instructions."

On the same day, Zhang Guangnian replied: "Feng Mu, Luo Sun, Comrades Er Tang: Lou Wen involves a certain period of historical facts, which directly contradicts the central government's conclusions about her, and should not be published. Did Comrade Luo Sun inform the author of this point? Comrade Feng Mu please consider." This reply represented the general views of the leaders of the literary and art circles on Ding Ling's history. The complete settlement of the historical conclusion is four years later.Li Rui, then vice minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, played a key role.

Ding Ling and Li Rui are fellow Hunanese. They have studied in Changsha Yueyun Middle School, and worked together in Yan'an "Liberation Daily", so they are relatively close. After Ding Ling was arrested in 1933, Shanghai Liangyou Book Company published Ding Ling's and Shen Congwen's "Remembering Ding Ling", which Li Rui read carefully. In Liberation Daily in 1941, Li Rui was the editor of the domestic edition, and Ding Ling was the editor-in-chief of the literature and art column. They both worked in the same cave and met every day, and there were many opportunities for chatting.One day, they talked very late, and Ding Ling talked in detail about her house arrest in Nanjing and her escape.Later, the two were both labeled as rightists, and both had been to the Great Northern Wilderness. After 1979, they lived in the same dormitory building and had frequent contacts.Once, when Li Rui went to Ding Ling's home, he saw a half-length oil portrait of Ding Ling, and immediately recited a poem: "People in the Great Northern Wilderness Twelve Winters are used to listening to the wind with white hair on snowy nights. Why do you need to ask about three thousand white hairs? Heart and liver are still red."

One night at the beginning of August 1983, Chen Ming and Ding Ling visited Li Rui's house and sat there for a while, separated by heavy rain.Li Rui was not very clear about Ding Ling's history in the past, so he asked in detail at this time.He listened carefully and said that since he disagreed with the past historical conclusions, he could write a detailed document to the Organization Department of the Central Committee and appeal again.Li Rui supported Ding Ling's appeal.But when the Organization Department of the Central Committee discussed the conclusions of Ding Ling's history, there were great differences.To be cautious, on September 28, two comrades He Zai and Zhang Jiren from the Cadre Inspection Bureau of the Organization Department of the Central Committee came to Ding Ling's home to ask her about the situation in Nanjing in detail, and asked Ding Ling to supplement the materials in this regard.Afterwards, Chen Ming consulted a large amount of materials, and personally wrote, and helped Ding Ling write supplementary explanatory materials, which were delivered to Comrade He Zai on October 24.

Completely rehabilitated Ding Ling and got Hu Yaobang's support. At 3 p.m. on January 21, 1984, Hu Yaobang met with Li Rui. The day before, when Li Rui was drafting the outline for the second day's talk, the last question was "Talk about Ding Ling (the Central Organization Department intends to completely rehabilitate Ding Ling)."Hu Yaobang said as early as the spring of 1979: Ding Ling's historical conclusion should stick to the conclusion of the Central Organization Department in 1940.At that time, he was the head of the Central Propaganda Department, and now he is the general secretary of the Party Central Committee. His opinions are very important, and he can even make decisions.

After carefully listening to Ding Ling's statement, reviewing archives and materials, and doing a lot of investigation, the Organization Department of the Central Committee made a "Report on Reconsideration of Complaint against Comrade Ding Ling" in March 1984 and submitted it to the Secretariat of the Central Committee.The report said: "In August 1983, Ding Ling filed a complaint, requesting that the 1955 Writers Association Party Group report on Ding and Chen's anti-Party clique be revoked, and that a reissue notice be issued to rectify this problem, so as to eliminate the influence; Regarding the issue of arrest, we hope to maintain the conclusions made by the Organization Department of the Central Committee in 1940. We consulted the reexamination report on the arrest of Comrade Ding Ling and the rightist issue approved by the Central Committee in January 1980 and related archives, and listened to We asked for her opinion, and also sought the opinions of Comrade Li Zhilian, who was in charge of handling the Ding case in the 1950s. Now we report the main situation of Comrade Ding Ling’s two issues and our reconsideration opinions as follows..."

The report believes that the history of Ding Ling's arrest in May 1933 to her escape from Nanjing in September 1936, after years of review, should definitely be clear. "The conclusions of the review since 1956 have been based on the following three points to determine the nature of the problem: (1) cohabitation with her betrayed lover Feng Da; (2) the Kuomintang gave a monthly living allowance of 100 yuan; (3) wrote A 'statement'. Comrade Ding Ling explained the first two points to the organization after she arrived in northern Shaanxi, and they were included in the conclusion made for her by the Central Organization Department in 1940. The conclusion took into account Ding Ling's actual situation , that is: (1) Ding Ling was a famous female writer at the time. After she was arrested, celebrities from all walks of life at home and abroad launched a rescue. The Kuomintang did not dare to kill her, but gave her "preferential treatment". This situation is special. (2) Ding Ling stated that she was in a predicament at that time, and she could not help herself. At the same time, she and Feng were husband and wife, so she lived with Feng. But in the end she resolutely abandoned Feng and returned to the revolutionary ranks. Therefore, there is no conclusion in the conclusion. It is regarded as a mistake in her arrest. In our opinion, we still maintain the conclusions of the Central Organization Department in 1940 on these two issues.

"About Comrade Ding Ling's writing of the 'statement', we can look at it from two aspects. On the one hand, there is only her own confession, and there is no direct evidence. The content of the 'statement' does not express repentance as a member of the Communist Party, saying that "After going out, I will not be active, and I would like my adoptive mother to study at home." This is to deal with the enemy, and generally expresses a depressed attitude towards the revolution. On the other hand, from the overall arrest of Comrade Ding Ling, she refused to do things for the enemy after being arrested, and wrote Wenwen, who tried to escape and failed to commit suicide, finally managed to find an organization, and with the help of the organization, she escaped from Nanjing and went to northern Shaanxi. The arrest did not endanger the safety of the party organization and comrades. Facts show that she did not It’s not about ‘depressing’, but instead actively trying to escape from the prison and continue the revolution. Based on this, it can be determined that Comrade Ding Ling’s writing of the ‘statement’ is neither a surrender nor a traitor.”

The report said, "In our opinion, with regard to the arrest of Comrade Ding Ling in 1933, this conclusion shall prevail." The Central Organization Department also drafted the "Notice on Rehabilitation of Comrade Ding Ling's Honor", saying that this document "is intended to be forwarded to all localities and central departments in the name of the Central Organization Department after being approved by the Central Committee." This document from the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was discussed at a ministerial meeting of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. On March 22, 1984, Deng Liqun, the head of the Central Propaganda Department, signed an opinion: "Comrade Ye Ping: The Central Propaganda Department's ministerial meeting discussed it once, and unanimously agreed to this report. Only one sentence was revised. It is recommended that the Organization Department of the Central Committee find Lu Dingyi and Zhou Yang. , Lin Mohan, Zhang Guangnian, Liu Baiyu and other comrades, listen to their opinions and give them some explanations." These few all participated in or participated in the handling of Ding Ling's historical review conclusions in the 1950s.

On March 24, Chen Yeping, the deputy head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, issued an order: "Copy and distribute. If you have any comments, please report to Comrade Zheng Boke. This document has been approved by Comrade Qiao Mu." Zhang Guangnian, then party secretary of the Chinese Writers Association, wrote in his diary on April 1: "Talking with Liu Baiyu on the phone, he has received a notice from the Central Organization Department and the Central Propaganda Department about Ding Ling's historical redress, and he has not yet sought his advice. Opinion." Chen Ming said that when soliciting the opinions of several important parties, Lin Mohan and Liu Baiyu agreed with the report of the Organization Department of the Central Committee; Zhou Yang disagreed; memoirs.Xu said in his memoirs that Ding Ling was given preferential treatment in Nanjing. Zhang Xi once told the author in the ward of Xiehe Hospital that Zhang Guangnian showed him the draft for comments from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and Xu Enzeng’s memoir. Playing mahjong did not write about her turning herself in to rebellion, so it cannot explain what the problem is.Two copies of Xu Enzeng's memoirs were brought back from Hong Kong by the Writers' Association ×××, and one was given to Zhang Guangnian. In the eyes of some people, this "historical issue" is a "curse" on Ding Ling's head. They really don't want to get rid of it. I don't know what is the reason for it! Before the Central Propaganda Department's ministerial meeting to discuss the documents of the Central Organization Department, Zhou Yang, the vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department, called another vice minister, He Jingzhi, and asked him to speak at the meeting.Zhou Yang knew that He Jingzhi's understanding of Ding Ling's historical issues was influenced by him, and he could use He Jingzhi's mouth to say some things that he himself was not good at saying.At the meeting the next day, Zhou Yang said: The conclusions in the past were made after many times of review. Is the evidence given in this manuscript sufficient? Don’t be too hasty. Comrade He Jingzhi can also talk about it! However, after reading the documents of the Organization Department of the Central Committee, He Jingzhi believed that the facts were sufficient and that what he said was well-founded, and he really could not raise any different opinions.He has a new understanding of Ding Ling's historical issues.This aroused Zhou Yang's great dissatisfaction, and even said to He Jingzhi: Do you still want to work in the literary and art circles in the future?Do you think the "traitor philosophy" is reasonable?If you look at it like this, you won’t be able to stand still! Sure enough, since then He Jingzhi has been alienated and treated coldly by a group of people, and rumors have increased, saying that he betrayed Zhou Yang and fell into Ding Ling's arms.He Jingzhi would never have imagined that Zhou Yang's power would be so powerful and so powerful!Isn't this sectarianism? From Shanghai in the 1930s to Yan'an in the 1940s, from Beijing in the 1950s to Beijing in the 1980s, from Ding Ling's unjust case to Ding Ling's rehabilitation, how many rich, profound and thought-provoking stories can be seen in the tortuous and complicated process Endless connotation! There was so much resistance to completely rehabilitating Ding Ling. Even after the document of the Organization Department of the Central Committee was issued, some relevant units refused to communicate it to all party members and the masses in accordance with the document. After the official release of this document from the Organization Department of the Central Committee, Liu Baiyu came to Ding Ling's home and said, "I'm here to apologize." Ding Ling immediately cut off the conversation and didn't let him continue.After Ding Ling's death, Liu Baiyu wrote in a commemorative article: "...As a member of the party group of the Writers Association, I must bear the heavy historical responsibility for Ding Ling's sufferings, so I will always feel deeply guilty about Ding Ling. "Lin Mohan met Ding Ling at the inaugural meeting of the "Three S" (Smedley, Strong, and Snow) Research Association, and said: "The document of the Organization Department of the Central Committee is good. It has vindicated your problem and corrected mine. Wrong." Ding Ling replied: "It's all over!" At 10 o'clock in the evening on July 25, 1984, Li Rui called Ding Ling's family: "Notice on Restoring Comrade Ding Ling's Honor" has been approved by the Secretariat of the Central Committee and will be issued soon.Chen Ming answered the call. Ding Ling was hospitalized in Xiehe Hospital to treat her diabetes.The next morning, Chen Ming brought the news to the hospital. Ding Ling's first sentence was: "Now I can die! Forty years of grievances have been wronged, and this time I am clear." She immediately took the tape recorder and recorded her voice: "After I returned to Beijing from Shanxi in 1979, The organization rehabilitated me, restored my party membership, resumed my job, and allowed me to live in a high-ranking building in Muxidi. However, I still feel that there is still a cloud hanging over me from time to time, and there is still a wave of A gust of evil wind haunts me from time to time. I always feel that there are still some people who refuse to change their minds about my history in Nanjing, plotting behind my back, saying that I am like this or that, and doing everything possible to prevent the organization from making a fair conclusion based on facts.  … I think Now that I have nothing to worry about, I'm at ease. When I die, there's nothing left to rest on me, on my children, on my kin, on my Acquaintances on my friends, so I can die." On August 1, the Organization Department of the Central Committee issued (1984) No. 9 document "Notice on Restoring Comrade Ding Ling's Honor": "Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, ministries and commissions of the Central Committee, party groups of ministries and commissions of state agencies, party groups of all people's organizations, and the People's Liberation Army General Political Department: Our department's "Notice on Rehabilitating Comrade Ding Ling's Honor" has been approved by the Central Secretariat and is now being sent to you to eliminate the impact." The "Notice on Restoring Comrade Ding Ling's Honor" stated: "In 1979, the Chinese Writers Association conducted a review of Comrade Ding Ling's designation as an 'anti-party group', 'rightist', and 'traitor', and made a corrective conclusion, and in January 1980 by the The Organization Department of the Central Committee has approved and approved by the Central Committee to restore Comrade Ding Ling's party membership, political reputation and original salary level. However, some problems have not been solved thoroughly, and the influence has not been eliminated within an appropriate range. For this reason, the following notice is hereby issued: "1. In 1955 and 1957, the designation of Comrade Ding Ling as 'Ding and Chen Anti-Party Clique' and 'Rightist' was a misdesignation and misdesignation, which cannot be established. In February, the central government wholesaled the "Report on Ding Ling, Chen Qixia, etc.'s Anti-Party Small Group Activities and Their Opinions on Handling" by the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association, and in January 1958, the Central Committee forwarded the "Report on Criticism of Ding Ling and Chen Qixia's Anti-Party Group" by the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association. "The Report on the Progress of the Party Group" should be revoked. All false statements should be overthrown and their influence eliminated. "Second, Comrade Ding Ling was labeled as a 'traitor' during the 'Cultural Revolution', which is a slanderous and false statement and should be rehabilitated. When Comrade Ding Ling was the party secretary of the 'Leftist League' in Shanghai in May 1933, because of her After her husband Feng Da betrayed her, she was arrested by the Kuomintang secret service and escorted to Nanjing; in April 1936, Lu Xun told Feng Xuefeng that, according to Smedley, Ding Ling had wanted to find connections with the party. Smedley also I told Feng Xuefeng. In September, Feng Xuefeng got in touch with Ding Ling through Zhang Tianyi. Under Feng's arrangement, she fled from Nanjing to Shanghai, and then sent someone to send her to Xi'an and then to northern Shaanxi. Comrade Ding Ling's history Regarding the issue of arrest, since 1940, the party organization has conducted many inspections, which basically agree with her own account. Regarding the fact that she continued to live with her betrayed lover Feng Da during her detention in Nanjing and accepted the After arriving in northern Shaanxi in 1936, she explained to the organization the issue of the 100 yuan monthly living allowance given by the Kuomintang. Therefore, in 1940, the Organization Department of the Central Committee conducted a review and made a "Ding Ling Comrade is still a Communist Party member who is loyal to the party and the revolution' conclusion. After years of review, no new problems have been found, so 'the conclusion of the Central Organization Department in 1940 should still be maintained.' 1943 During the Yan'an Rectification Movement trial, Comrade Ding Ling added that she wrote a statement to the enemy in October 1933, the main idea of ​​which was "arrested due to misunderstanding, and received preferential treatment in life. Without any interrogation, after going out in the future, I wish Home study foster mother.' Comrade Ding Ling's 'statement' is only to deal with the enemy, expressing a negative attitude towards the revolution, without slandering the party, revealing the party's secrets, or surrendering to the enemy. "3. During the arrest of Comrade Ding Ling, the enemy threatened, lured, and deceived her, trying to use her reputation to do things for her, but she refused to do things for the enemy, write articles, and show her face. She did not do anything to endanger the safety of the party organization and comrades. And then moved around Beijing and Shanghai, tried every means to find the party organization, and with the help of the organization, escaped from Nanjing and arrived in northern Shaanxi. "Fourth, Comrade Ding Ling is an old comrade of our party. During the revolutionary struggle and literary and artistic work for more than half a century, he has done a lot of useful work and created many excellent literary and artistic works, which have had a great influence at home and abroad. , has contributed to the party and the people. After 1957, for more than 20 years, despite adversity, she has always performed well. After returning to work in 1979, she supported the party The line, guidelines, and policies formulated by the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, regardless of age and infirmity, still actively write, maintain Mao Zedong’s literary thought, educate young writers, and go abroad several times, all of which have a good influence.’ Facts show that Comrade Ding Ling He is a member of the Communist Party who is loyal to the party and the revolution.” It is now decided to completely restore the reputation of Comrade Ding Ling; relatives, friends and comrades who have been implicated because of Comrade Ding Ling’s misidentification and misdesignation should all be corrected, overthrow all false statements, and eliminate influences." The document reiterated: "Facts show that Comrade Ding Ling is a Communist Party member who is loyal to the party and the revolution." These were the words in the review conclusion of the Organization Department of the Central Committee in 1940, which were added by Chairman Mao. This document not only eliminated the so-called "stains" and "doubts" of Ding Ling's history, but also proposed that the two reports issued by the Central Committee in December 1955 and January 1958 by the Party Group of the Chinese Writers Association should also be withdrawn.Therefore, it is a document for Ding Ling's complete rehabilitation. After seeing this document, Ding Ling immediately wrote to the "Central Organization Department and please forward it to my dear Party Central Committee", expressing her gratitude and excitement in her heart: "What else can I say? There is no more. I can only express my gratitude to the Party Central Committee." Oath: Ding Ling will always belong to the Communist Party of China and is an ordinary and loyal soldier of the Party." So far, one of the most complicated and tortuous unjust cases in the contemporary Chinese literary world has come to a successful conclusion.