Yam Egg School is one of the schools of contemporary novels in China, which was formed from 1950s to the mid-1960s. Refers to a 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.

The main writers are Ma Feng, Xi Rong, Li Shuwei, Sun Qian, Hu Zheng, etc., known as "Xi Li Ma Hu Sun". They are all writers born and raised in rural areas of Shanxi Province and have a deep foundation of rural life.

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The appearance of Zhao Shuli specifically pointed out the creative path for some young intellectuals who are born and bred in the Taihang base area and love literature and art. Many people use local materials to write many earthy and popular works in their native language.

But at this time, a genre has not yet formed. In 1945, Ma Feng and Xi Rong wrote Biography of luliang heroes. Under the guidance of Comrade Mao Zedong's Speech, these two young writers, who lived and fought in the Lvliang border region, embarked on a creative path consistent with Zhao Shuli through their personal experience in farmers' lives. At this time, they have not yet been regarded as a faction.

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