From the eighth time of Lao She's "Four Generations under One Family": "If we are not going to order wine and meat, if relatives and friends come, won't we catch it?"
Lao She's representative works include Camel Xiangzi, A Family of Four Generations, Teahouse, Longxugou and so on.
Lao She (1899 February 3rd-1966 August 24th), male, formerly known as Shu Qingchun, whose real name is She Yu, whose pen names are Leisure, Hongse and Feiwo. Because Lao She was born at the beginning of spring, his parents named him "Chun Qing", which may mean celebrating the arrival of spring and having a bright future.
Work style:
Most of Lao She's works focus on citizen life. He is good at describing the life and fate of the urban poor, especially the conservative and backward middle and lower class citizens who are soaked by feudal patriarchal ideology under the impact of ethnic contradictions and class struggles and new historical trends. Confusion, hesitation, lonely ambivalence, dilemma, and ridiculous behavior at a loss.
He likes to reflect common social conflicts through ordinary daily scenes, and his brushwork often extends to the excavation of national spirit or the thinking of national destiny, which makes people taste the seriousness and heaviness of life from relaxed humor. Colorful natural scenery rendering and meticulous description of customs and human feelings add to the life breath and interest of the works.