The author of "Beijing People" is Cao Yu.

Cao Yu (1910-1996), whose original name was Wan Jiabao and whose courtesy name was Xiaoshi, was originally from Qianjiang, Hubei Province and was born in Tianjin. Since he was a child, he came from a wealthy family and often had the opportunity to watch civilized plays and traditional old plays, which cultivated his interest in drama. In the spring of 1923, he entered Nankai Middle School and joined the Nankai New Theater Troupe.

In 1928, he entered the preparatory course of the Department of Political Science of Nankai University. The following year, he transferred to the Department of Western Literature of Tsinghua University and studied extensively in Western literature, especially drama literature. After graduating from university in 1933, he went to teach at Yude Middle School in Baoding, Hebei Province. A few months later, he entered the Tsinghua Research Institute to study drama.

"Peking Man" is a sign that Cao Yu's drama creation art in the 1940s reached a new height in the 1940s. This is another masterpiece written by Cao Yu during the Anti-Japanese War after "Transformation". It is also the work that Cao Yu considers himself most satisfied with. It is considered by experts in the industry to be Mr. Cao Yu's best work.

Summary and brief review:

The drama has rich characters and does not pursue twists and turns in the storyline. Instead, it uses the decline of the Zeng family, a typical declining scholar-bureaucrat family, as the conflict. and dramatic background, reflecting the fate of generations of Chinese people.

Cao Yu deliberately put "Beijingers" representing three different cultures and different eras on one stage, showing the conflicts through common life scenes, thereby exploring the sharp conflicts in the characters' inner worlds.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Beijinger