Ding Ling

Since his early days in Yan’an, when he was a young man of twenty, he had been close friends with a well-known woman writer called Ding Ling.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Since his early days in Yan’an, when he was a young man of twenty, he had been close friends with a well-known woman writer called Ding Ling.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Several months later Ding Ling was labeled as the number-one rightist in China.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Several months later Ding Ling was labeled as the number-one rightist in China.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Of Pearl’s feminist contemporaries, Hsieh Ping-hsin and Ding Ling—“those two intrepid and fearless women writers who used to make me so proud”—Hsieh acknowledged no political allegiance in her work and faded from public view; Ding joined the Communists and, after fighting many bitter battles for women’s liberation, ended up as one of the Party’s model writers.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

Of Pearl’s feminist contemporaries, Hsieh Ping-hsin and Ding Ling—“those two intrepid and fearless women writers who used to make me so proud”—Hsieh acknowledged no political allegiance in her work and faded from public view; Ding joined the Communists and, after fighting many bitter battles for women’s liberation, ended up as one of the Party’s model writers.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010