Shu Qingchun, character Sheyu, pen name Lao She, Manchu Zhenghongqiren, real name Shu Qingchun, born in Beijing, modern Chinese novelist, famous writer, outstanding language master, people's artist, the first writer in New China to win the title of "People's Artist". He is the author of novels such as "Xiao Po's Birthday", "Cat City Chronicle", "The Legend of Niu Tianci", "Camel Xiangzi", etc., and the short story "Catching up with the Collection". Lao She's literary language is simple, simple and unpretentious, humorous and witty, with a strong Beijing charm.
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Four generations in the same room
Lao She | Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House | 2008
This is a classic masterpiece of modern Chinese novels and one of Mr. Lao She's representative works.
In the context of the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident and the fall of Peiping, the novel takes the life of the qi family and the fourth generation of the Qi family as the main line, and vividly and truly depicts the glory and disgrace of various classes and people represented by the residents of Xiaoyangquan Hutong, life and death.
The work recounts the tragic experience of the vast number of civilians under the iron hooves of the Japanese Kou in the deformed world after the fall of Peiping, the uneasiness, confusion and shock after the ancient and quiet life of that faction was broken, flogged the ugly souls of the evildoers who attached themselves to the enemy, exposed the brutal crimes of Japanese militarism, and reflected the bravery and fearlessness of the people in resisting in the face of the anger of the strong enemy, praising and carrying forward the great patriotic spirit and noble national integrity of the Chinese people, and epicly showing the period during the Second World War. Chinese people's outstanding contributions to the world anti-fascist war are magnificent and can be sung and wept.
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teahouse
Lao She | People's Literature and Art Publishing House | 2002
"The Tea House" shows the social changes of the three eras on the eve of the penghu reform, the warlord scuffle and the eve of the founding of New China in the past half century. A teahouse called Yutai reveals the darkness, corruption, strangeness, and multitude of beings in Chinese society for nearly half a century.
There are nearly 50 characters in the script, in addition to the tea house owner, there are flag people who eat imperial grain, capitalists who run businesses, eunuchs in the Qing Palace, priests who believe in foreign religions, poor peasants, as well as spies, thugs, policemen, hooligans, xiangshi, etc. There are many characters but have distinct personalities, they can "hear their voices and know their people", and "three words and two words outline the outline of a character image".
Through the dismal operation of the ancestral "Yutai Tea House" by the owner of the teahouse Wang Lifa, the work depicts that although he is shrewd and sleek, he finally cannot stop the end of decline, reflecting the trend of Chinese society from the side. The play has been performed many times at home and abroad, won high praise, and is a classic work of Contemporary Chinese drama creation.
03
divorce
Lao She | People's Literature Publishing House | 1981
One of Lao She's masterpieces is a story about small citizens. The book describes the tragic and joyful life (married life) of a group of small clerks in the old government offices in Beijing, and Zhang Dajie and Lao Li are the main characters that Lao She focuses on portraying in this book. After its publication, the book received rave reviews and was the best of Lao She's many novels. The famous critic Li Changzhi believes that the novel "Divorce" is "high out of all his previous works", Zhao Shaohou commented that the humor of "Divorce" is "real humor", and Lao She is also most satisfied with this work.
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Crescent moon
Lao She | Writers Press | 2017
Lao She's selected short story collection includes Lao She's most well-known short stories such as "Crescent Moon" and "Soul Broken Gun", and strives to fully display the charm of Lao She's Jingwei novels. The language of Lao She's short stories is vulgar and exquisite, elegant and popular, and his humorous talent flashes between the lines: the ideological content of "thinking deeply" is expressed in the language of "speaking pretty", implicitly and timelessly, full of strong humor.
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Positive red flag
Lao She | People's Literature Publishing House | 1981
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, social turmoil, the people's customs became corrupt, and the lives of the flag people became increasingly embarrassing. In the face of this broken river and mountain, the remnants of the homeland, the old Beijing that withstood the plunder can only remember this history forever.
Mr. Lao She's pen presented one vivid character after another on the stage -- a gentle and honest father, a diligent and simple mother, a sharp and arrogant aunt, a big brother-in-law who eats, drinks and has fun, a big sister and mother-in-law who is arrogant and unreasonable, a big sister and father-in-law who has no fault, a second brother who is smart and capable, a multi-boss who is treacherous and slippery, a multi-boss who is a treacherous drill camp, a long-term and straightforward old man, an honest and kind old wang treasurer, a stubborn and upright Wang Shicheng, a well-respected and superior uncle, a free and easy Bo Shengzhi, a suo laosi who can speak the Tao, and a second master who is disabled and "Zhijian". Arrogant Cow Priest... Once the people of the dynasty, they all lived a carefree life in their own world, but when the Qing Dynasty on which they relied on was crumbling and shattering, their fate was equally bad...
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