The emergence of "scar literature", "reflective literature" and "reform literature", all three kinds of literature, have specific historical backgrounds.
At the end of the 1970s, after the end of the unprecedented movement, the mainland's literature and art recovered rapidly, and "scar literature" was born in the struggle to expose and criticize the "Gang of Four", Liu Xinwu's "Class Teacher" was the starting work of "scar literature", and subsequently, novels such as "Young People of Our Generation" and "The Broken Years" reflected the life of Zhiqing appeared in large numbers.
In 1978, a great discussion on the standard of truth was launched, and in the process of this ideological emancipation movement, "Reflective Literature", "Man to Middle Age", "Invisible Wings", "Tonight There Is a Blizzard" and other novels were born, which helped people to re-understand history through real stories and became representative works of "reflective literature". Zhou Keqin's "Xu Mao and His Women", which has a clear tendency to reflect, became the lead work of the first "Mao Dun Literature Award".
With the advent of the tide of reform, "reform literature" has emerged, starting with the short story Jiang Zilong's "The Story of Qiao Factory Director Taking Office", a series of "reform literature" such as "Heavy Wings", "No. 5 Garden Street", "The Sky is On top", and "The Right Way on Earth" has had a wide impact on the whole country.
