Flying At Low Altitude

Due to Ding Ling's character and personal experience, Ding Ling's works written in her early time described the puzzlement of young women, who have been effected by "5.4" new culture. The female characters in Ding Ling's works confirmed their female identities and had clear thoughts about themselves. But it is a pity that they don't know where to go.Following the society change, Ding Ling joined the revolution, which is the main reason that Ding Ling's works turn to realism. Because of immature preparation, at this time, Ding Ling's works appeared conceptualizational.After Ding Ling's arrival at Yan'an, Ding Ling lived on a busy life. Several years later, Ding Ling had been familiar with the new circumstance and obtained much realisitic stuff for her writting. Standing as an intellectual and a female, Ding Ling produced some critical scribbles and fictions, which revealed a lot of bad folk-custom existing in liberated field. As a result, Ding Ling was reconstructed by the government. After five years' dumbness, thinking and practice, Ding Ling completed a good works, "the sun shining on the Sang Gan River".After 1955, Ding Ling was involved in the political campaign. She endured a lot of bitterness and torture. From then on, Ding Ling had too much misgiving so that she was obliged to write articles and dare not speak the truth. She became a self-surrender.