Hehuadian School, also known as "Baiyangdian School", is a famous modern Chinese writer Sun Li, who was born in Anping County, Hebei Province. Most of his works are novels and prose, and many chapters have the artistic power of lyric poetry. This style can be represented by the author's famous work "Lotus Lake".
"Lotus Lake" was written in 1945. After it was published, it had a great influence in the literary and art circles; many writers worked hard to explore it. His writing skills and his style reflected in his artistic practice soon formed a literary school. This school was called "Lotus Lake School" by critics. Its representative writers include Liu Shaotang, Cong Weixi, Han Yingshan, etc. "Lotus Lake School" His works are generally full of romanticism and optimism, with vivid plots, fresh and simple language, rich rhythm, realistic descriptions, delicate psychological depictions, strong lyricism, and rich poetic and picturesque flavor. They are known as "poetic novels".
Mao Dun, my country's outstanding language master and one of the leaders of the proletarian revolutionary literary and art movement, said when introducing Sun Li: Sun Li has his own consistent style, "His prose is full of lyricism, and his The novel does not seem to pay attention to the chapter structure, but it is not branchy; it describes the changes in the situation with a calm attitude of talking and laughing. The advantage is that it is more interesting but not frivolous." ("Reflecting the era of socialist leap forward and promoting the socialist era" "Leap Forward") The "Lotus Lake School" headed by Sun Li and the "Yam Egg School" headed by Zhao Shuli are the two most famous and influential "schools" in modern Chinese literature, each with its own merits.
Li (1913—) was originally named Sun Shuxun. A native of Anping, Hebei Province. modern writer.
In 1927, he was admitted to Baoding Yude Middle School. After graduating from high school, he worked as a clerk and primary school teacher. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he engaged in anti-Japanese propaganda, education, and cultural work in Jizhong and began literary creation.
In 1944, he went to Yan'an and engaged in research and teaching at the Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters. His works such as "Lotus Lake" published at this time were praised. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Hebei Province to edit magazines, write novels and essays, and participate in land reform work.
In January 1949, he entered Tianjin with the army and edited the literary supplement of "Tianjin Daily".
Sun Li's early works were later selected, revised and included in the collection of novels and prose "Baiyangdian Chronicles" (first published by China Youth Publishing House in 1958). In the early 1950s, he published the novel "The First Story of the Storm", which reflected the Anti-Japanese War. In 1959, he published the novella "The Prequel of Ironwood". He has successively served as a director of the Chinese Writers Association, vice chairman, chairman and honorary chairman of the Tianjin Writers Association. After 1955, he stayed away from the mainstream of the literary world due to illness, and began to read a large number of traditional cultural classics. Since 1977, he has mainly written prose. He is known as the founder of the "Lotus Lake School" because of his unique style, and has been imitated by many later generations.
After the "Cultural Revolution", "Yunzhai Novels", "Xiulu Collection", "Gengtang Miscellaneous Records", "Chize Collection", "Laohuang Collection", "Back Alley Collection", " Collection of essays such as "The Collection of Wuwei" and "The End of the Song".
"Selected Prose by Sun Li" won the National Excellent Prose (Collection) Honor Award in the New Era in 1989. His early works were clear and simple, outlining local folk customs, inheriting the lyrical style of Feiming, and possessing unique artistic charm. "Lotus Lake", "Wu Zhao'er", "Instructions" and other works have been popular for a long time. His recent works have changed from fresh to plain, and are more profound in their simplicity.
Sun Li's information in the collection:
16 manuscripts, including essays "Old Things in Baoding", "Deleted Literature", "Awakening of the Plains", etc. and the commentary "Talking about Zhao Shuli".
Library books: 71, including the 1982 edition of "Collected Works of Sun Li" by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, which is a relatively comprehensive collection of Sun Li's works.