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In 1923, Ding Ling went to [[Beijing]], the birthplace of the "[[new culture]]." Her original plan was to attend lectures at [[Beijing University]]. Unable to realize this goal, she had to educate herself. Besides reading many literary works by both Chinese and foreign writers, she learned how to paint, though she was reduced to living from hand to mouth.
 
In 1923, Ding Ling went to [[Beijing]], the birthplace of the "[[new culture]]." Her original plan was to attend lectures at [[Beijing University]]. Unable to realize this goal, she had to educate herself. Besides reading many literary works by both Chinese and foreign writers, she learned how to paint, though she was reduced to living from hand to mouth.
  
In the summer of 1924, Ding Ling met Hu Yepin, a young writer; they got married in 1925. In December 1927, Ding Ling published her first short story "''Meng Ke''" and it captured the attention of the literary world. Two months later, she published "''Miss Sophie's Diary''," which brought Ding Ling fame and convincingly showed her great literary talent. This story, in diary form, describes how a girl suffering from tuberculosis tries desperately to find ideal love, but her search ends in despair. In October 1928, ''In the Dark'', her first colleciton of short stories, was published. From then on, Ding Ling continued to produce many novellettes and short stories, including "''Wei Hu''" and "''Shanghai in the Spring of 1930''."
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In the summer of 1924, Ding Ling met [[Hu Yepin]], a young writer; they got married in 1925. In December 1927, Ding Ling published her first short story "''Meng Ke''" and it captured the attention of the literary world. Two months later, she published "''Miss Sophie's Diary''," which brought Ding Ling fame and convincingly showed her great literary talent. This story, in diary form, describes how a girl suffering from tuberculosis tries desperately to find ideal love, but her search ends in despair. In October 1928, ''In the Dark'', her first colleciton of short stories, was published. From then on, Ding Ling continued to produce many novellettes and short stories, including "''Wei Hu''" and "''Shanghai in the Spring of 1930''."
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In 1930, together with her husband Hu Yepin, Ding Ling left for Shanghai, where a proletarian literary movement was developing. They joined the [[League of Left-Wing Writers]] headed by [[Lu Xun]]. In the spring of the following year, Hu Yepin was killed by the [[Kuomingtang]] government. Ding Ling plunged without hesitation into the fighting ranks of the Chinese revolution. Apart from editing ''The Dipper'', a literary magazine run by the League, she took an active part in the student and worker movement.

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Ding Ling (the penname of Jiang Bingzhi) was born on October 12, 1904 in Linli County, Hunan Province. Ding Ling's father died when she was four years old. She was raised by her independent and strong-minded mother until she was taken to live at her uncle's home in Changde, western Hunan.

The Rovolution of 1911, launched by Dr. Sun Yat-sen to overthrow the Qing rule, met with a warm response in Changde, causing Ding Ling to come into contact with the ideas of revolution and democracy at a very early age. At 17, she left her hometown for Shanghai, where she first studied in the girl's school run for the poor by the Communists and then entered Shanghai University.

In 1923, Ding Ling went to Beijing, the birthplace of the "new culture." Her original plan was to attend lectures at Beijing University. Unable to realize this goal, she had to educate herself. Besides reading many literary works by both Chinese and foreign writers, she learned how to paint, though she was reduced to living from hand to mouth.

In the summer of 1924, Ding Ling met Hu Yepin, a young writer; they got married in 1925. In December 1927, Ding Ling published her first short story "Meng Ke" and it captured the attention of the literary world. Two months later, she published "Miss Sophie's Diary," which brought Ding Ling fame and convincingly showed her great literary talent. This story, in diary form, describes how a girl suffering from tuberculosis tries desperately to find ideal love, but her search ends in despair. In October 1928, In the Dark, her first colleciton of short stories, was published. From then on, Ding Ling continued to produce many novellettes and short stories, including "Wei Hu" and "Shanghai in the Spring of 1930."

In 1930, together with her husband Hu Yepin, Ding Ling left for Shanghai, where a proletarian literary movement was developing. They joined the League of Left-Wing Writers headed by Lu Xun. In the spring of the following year, Hu Yepin was killed by the Kuomingtang government. Ding Ling plunged without hesitation into the fighting ranks of the Chinese revolution. Apart from editing The Dipper, a literary magazine run by the League, she took an active part in the student and worker movement.