Fable of the Idiom

Author: Ding Cong
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Publish Date: 1999-10-01
Features: Ding is a natural optimist. Even during the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War, and when he was exiled to the Northeast Inner Mongolia in 1957 due to unfair treatment, he still maintained a cheerful demeanor, rarely showing signs of sadness. He was always willing to help others without considering himself. Newspapers and magazines often asked him to draw cartoons, design covers, and create portraits, and he almost always said yes. The headshots in the "Reading" magazine were all his work. Counting the years, he has been engaged in cartooning for over half a century, using his skillful pen to leave a record of this extraordinary era. I am very happy to learn that the "Ding Cong Cartoons Series" is about to be published, because from these drawings, one can not only see this era and society but also the artist's style and character. I am delighted to meet such people and enjoy such paintings. I am writing these words to express a little of a friend's sentiments.