Shu Qingchun, whose pen name is Lao She, is a modern novelist, writer and dramatist.
Because Lao She was born at the beginning of spring in the lunar calendar, his parents named him "Qingchun", which probably means celebrating the coming of spring and a bright future. After going to school, he changed his name to Shu Sheyu, which means "giving up oneself", that is, "forgetting oneself".
Lao She is the first writer in New China to win the title of "People's Artist". Lao She has always worked selflessly throughout his life. He is a well-deserved "model worker" in the literary and art circles. In 1966, due to the vicious attacks and persecution during the Cultural Revolution, Lao She was forced to commit suicide in Beijing's Taiping Lake.
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Lao She’s works
1. "Camel Xiangzi" is a novel written by Lao She, describing a rickshaw puller during the warlord melee in the 1920s. Xiangzi is a representative figure of the working people in the old society.
2. "Teahouse" is a play created by Lao She in 1956. The play shows the social changes in the past half century in three eras: the Reform Movement of 1898, the warlord war, and the eve of the founding of New China. Through a teahouse called Yutai, it reveals the darkness, corruption, bizarreness, and all the living beings in Chinese society in the past half century.
3. "Four Generations Under One Roof" is a million-word novel written by Lao She. The book is set in Xiaoyangquan Hutong in Peking. Through complex conflicts and entanglements, the Qi family in the alley is used as the protagonist. The main character, supplemented by the Qian family, the Guan family and other residents, depicts the images of many ordinary people from all walks of life at that time.
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