Yam Egg School is one of the schools of China's contemporary novels, which was formed from 1950s to 1960s. Refers to the contemporary literary school represented by Zhao Shuli. Also known as "Zhao Shuli School", "Shanxi School" or "Spark School", this is because most of the works of this school were published in the Shanxi literary and artistic publication Spark after the founding of New China.

Zhao Shuli pointed out the path of creation:

The appearance of Zhao Shuli pointed out the creative path for some young intellectuals who were born and raised in the Taihang base area and loved literature and art. Many people used local materials and wrote many simple and popular works in their mother tongue.

But at this time, a genre has not yet formed. 1945, Herong wrote Biography of luliang heroes. Under the guidance of the spirit of their speeches, these two young writers who lived and fought in the border area of Lvliang, through their personal experience of farmers' life, embarked on a creative road consistent with Zhao Shuli. At this time, they have not been regarded as a faction.

This school was formed after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), especially in the late 1950s, and they returned to Shanxi from Beijing and other places. Taking Spark (the publication of Shanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles) as the position, Zhao Shuli published Exercise.