茅盾早年曾参加过中国共产党,为党做了不少工作,这是众所周知的事了,但他与“救国会”曾发生过一段关系,这却就很少为人所知了。一九四○年五月初,茅盾借机逃出新疆军阀盛世才统治下的迪化(即今乌鲁木齐)经兰州、西安到达抗日民主圣地延安,在那里讲学并参观访问近半年,于当年年底去国 It is a well-known fact that Mao Dun had participated in the Chinese Communist Party in the early years and did a great job in the party. However, it was seldom known that Mao Dun had had a relationship with the “National Salvation Association.” In early May 1940 Mao Tun took the opportunity to escape from Xinjiang (now Urumqi) under the rule of Sheng Shih-tse, a warlord who arrived at Yan’an, a sanctuary of anti-Japanese democracy in Lanzhou and Xian, where he gave lectures and visited the country for nearly six months and went abroad by the end of the year