Abstract: Ding Lings creative career was closely related to the modernity process of Chinese modern revolution,thought and literature.Her life track was intertwined with the epitome of Chinese women on the road of liberation.From beginning to end,Ding Ling put her life experience and female experience into words and thoughts with the attitude of modern women,and created a large number of female characters:the awakened May 4th daughters Mengke and Shafi;Melin and Mary who lived on the edge of revolution;Miss Three engaged in revolutionary work;Zhenzhen in the revolutionary system;Heini and others trapped in class struggle.On the surface,it was the imperfect social mechanism,the regulations of the revolutionary system and class struggle that oppressed women and brought resistance to womens liberation,but Ding Ling showed readers a clue of male centralism from beginning to end.No matter what coat they wore,the male chauvinism of the male subject was always the most direct weapon to oppress women.In addition to the positive construction of womens subjectivity,Ding Lings deconstruction,disclosure and criticism of male power constituted another fulcrum for Ding Ling to think about womens liberation.

Key words: Ding Ling, patriarchal culture, womens liberation, female image