Lao She's first essay was Camel Xiangzi. This article was published in the Beijing Daily on February 18, 1919. It was Lao She's earliest publicly published work. This article narrated the life experience of a poor camel driver, Xiangzi. It described the hardships and difficulties he faced in the city and also revealed the dark side of society at that time. This article was welcomed and appreciated by the readers, becoming one of Lao She's representative works and one of the important landmarks of modern Chinese literature.
Well, She's the First stories are really inspiring. These stories usually feature strong female characters. They could be about how a young woman in a developing country is the first in her family to go to college. It shows the journey of these girls, from facing discrimination to proving themselves worthy of an education. They also highlight the importance of female education in changing the future of families and communities.
The first marriage: Young Master Li's Favorite was an urban romance novel by Song Xixi and Mo Changliu. The story described a plot where four years ago, the male protagonist forcefully took over the female protagonist, and four years later, he brought her back to his private mansion, performing all kinds of restrictive scenes every day. This novel also involved love and love, love and hatred, love after marriage, and the CEO. The specific plot and chapter content could only be understood by reading the novel.
Sadly, I don't know specifically what her first story was about. But thinking about Atwood's oeuvre, it could have centered around the idea of identity. She has often written about how characters define themselves in different contexts. It could also have been a story inspired by her own experiences growing up, maybe something related to her family, her education, or her early encounters with literature. Maybe it was a simple story that was the start of her complex exploration of the world through writing, laying the groundwork for her future works that would touch on a myriad of important topics.
The full text of Lao She's "The First Snow" is as follows:
The First Snow was published in modern China in 1939. The novel narrated the life experience of a Beijing citizen, revealing the dark side of society and the distortion of human nature through his life in winter.
The protagonist of the novel, Sun Shaoping, was a young man living in the slums. He lived a poor life because of his family's poverty. In this winter, a sudden heavy snow covered the city of Beijing, so Sun Shaoping felt the beauty and impermanence of life. He began to have a new understanding of life and also began to recognize the difficulties and injustice he faced.
The novel was developed from Sun Shaoping's perspective. Through his experiences, it showed the various problems and contradictions of Chinese society at that time. The vivid characters in the novel reflected the dark side of Beijing society and the distortion of human nature. At the same time, it also showed the author's deep thinking and concern for human nature.
The First Snow was one of Lao She's representative works, and was hailed as a classic of modern Chinese literature. It had a profound influence on the development of modern Chinese literature and was widely regarded as one of the representative works of Chinese modern literature.