He entered the Department of Medicine of Moscow Medical University from 1879, and after graduating from 1884, he practiced medicine in Vignau Rhodes and other places, which had a good influence on his literary creation. Chekhov added two immortal artistic images to the gallery of world literary figures with his outstanding satirical and humorous talents.
His famous saying "Simplicity is the sister of genius" has also become the motto pursued by later writers. Chekhov had great affection for the people of China. He asked Gorky to visit China together, but he failed to do so because of his long illness. 1904 July 15 died of lung disease.
Chekhov's representative works include Chameleon, Trap Man, Ward 6, Farmer, Visiting the Doctor and English Woman.
Chekhov's early works are mostly short stories, such as Fat Man and Thin Man (1883), Death of a Shop Assistant (1883), Distress (1886) and Fanka (1886).
1890, after he visited Sakhalin Island, the exile place of political prisoners, he created works showing major social problems, such as "The Sixth District" (1892), which lashed out at the tyranny of the czar. A House with an Attic (1896) exposes the destruction of youth, talent and happiness in Russian society.
His novels are short and pithy, concise and simple, compact in structure, vivid in plot, humorous in style, vivid in language and profound in meaning. He is good at discovering people and things with typical significance from daily life, making artistic generalization through humorous plots, and shaping a complete typical image to reflect the Russian society at that time.
His masterpiece "The Chameleon" and "The Man in the Condom", the former has become synonymous with have it both ways, while the latter is good at camouflage and speculation; The latter has become a symbol of the conformist, timid and afraid of change.
Chekhov turned to drama in his later creation: his main works include Ivanov (1887), Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1896) and Three Sisters (190/kloc). His plays are full of lyrical flavor and rich subtext, which is memorable.