Ding Guangen's wife is from Tongcheng, Anqing City, Anhui Province. According to Zhang Yunqing's data, Zhang Yunqing's poems were included in the anthology of Tongcheng scholars. Zhang Yunqing had a niece named Zhang in Tongcheng, and later married Ding Guangen, former director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. Tongcheng is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, which is managed by Anqing City.