Hugo kept pace with the times all his life. He is an important writer in the history of French literature, the leader of the active romantic literary movement in the early19th century, and an outstanding bourgeois democratic writer in the history of French literature. The leading thought that runs through his life activities and creation is humanitarianism, opposing violence and controlling "evil" with love. His creative period is more than 60 years, and his works include 26 volumes of poems, 20 volumes of novels, 79 volumes of drama 12 and 2 volumes of philosophical works, adding a brilliant cultural heritage to the treasure house of French literature and human culture. Hugo experienced almost all the major events in France in the19th century. He worshipped chateaubriand, an early French romantic writer, since he was a child. Cromwell and preface (1827) were published in 1827. The preface is called the manifesto of the French Romantic Drama Movement, and it is an extremely important literary work of Hugo. 1830, he wrote the first romantic drama El Nani according to the theory in the preface, and its performance marked the victory of romanticism over classicism.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in 186 1 year, Hugo was filled with indignation when he learned that the British and French invaders had set fire to Yuanmingyuan. He righteously wrote: "The French Empire got half of the stolen goods from this victory, and now it is naive as if it is the real master, showing the glory of the plundering of Yuanmingyuan. I hope that one day France can get rid of the heavy burden, clear its guilt and return this wealth to the plundered China. "
Cao Xueqin also wrote A Dream of Red Mansions.