La学司场克流oShe(Chinese:老舍;Pinyin:LǎoShě,February360问答3,1899–August24,1966)was还转anotedChinesewriter.Anove班观利受四责边毫想即listanddramatist,hewaso宜量基突挥烈误亮城述家neofthemos抗区食春气显大技为纸tsignificant态裂心换句计figureso绿飞f20thcentu必扬沉ryChineseliterature,andi通引同并把八早束早席sperhapsbestknownforhisnovelCamelXiangziorRickshawBoy(骆驼祥子)andtheplayTeahouse(茶馆).HewasofManchuethnicity.
Hewasbor载沉侵题nShūQìngchūn(舒庆春)inBeijing,toap皮远病候六愿绍初oorfamilyoftheSūmuruclanbelongi酒重花拉难乎ngtotheRedB希胶向anner.In1913,he米器么伟沉因祖危见呼wasadmittedto脸群清数伯绍物买theBeijingNormalThirdHighSchool(currentlyBeijin胶分福适gThirdHighSchool),buthadtoleav其孙装钟写eafterseveralmonthsbecauseoffinancialdifficulties.Inthesameyear,hewasacceptedintotheBeijingInstituteforEducation,wherehegraduatedin1918.
Between1918and1924hewasinvolvedasadministratorandfacultymemberatanumberofprimaryandsecondaryschoolsinBeijingandTianjin.HewashighlyinfluencedbytheMayFourthMovement(1919).Hestated,"[The]MayFourth[Movement]gavemeanewspiritandanewliterarylanguage.Iamgratefulto[The]MayFourth[Movement],asitallowedmetobecomeawriter."
HewentontoserveaslecturerintheChinesesectionofthe(then)SchoolofOrientalStudies(nowtheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies)attheUniversityofLondonfrom1924to1929.DuringhistimeinLondon,heabsorbedagreatdealofEnglishliteratureandbeganhisownwriting.Hislaternovel二马(MaandSon)drewontheseexperiences.
Inthesummerof1929,heleftBritainforSingapore,teachingattheChineseHighSchool(华侨中学).BetweenhisreturntoChinainthespringof1930until1937,hetaughtatseveraluniversities,includingCheelooUniversity(齐鲁大学)andShandongUniversity(Qingdao).
Hisfirstimportantnovel,LuotuoXiangzi(骆驼祥子,"CamelXiangzi,"widelyknownintheWestas"RickshawBoy"or"Rickshaw"),waspublishedin1936.ItdescribesthetragiclifeofarickshawpullerinBeijingofthe1920sandisconsideredtobeaclassicofmodernChineseliterature.TheEnglishversionRickshawBoybecameaUSbestsellerin1945;itwasanunauthorizedtranslationthataddedabowdlerizedhappyendingtothestory.In1982,theoriginalversionwasmadeintoafilmofthesametitle.
DuringWorldWarII,LaoShealsomadenotedcontributionsasaleaderofanti-JapanesewritersinChina.HebecamethevicechairmanoftheUnionofWritersafter1949.AftertheestablishmentofthePRC,hiswritingfelllargelyinlinewithstateideology,whereasbeforeithadbeenbroadlycriticalandsatirical.
LikethousandsofotherintellectualsinChina,heexperiencedmistreatmentintheCulturalRevolutionofthemid-1960s.RedGuardsoftheCulturalRevolutionhadattackedhimasacounterrevolutionary.Theyparadedhimthroughthestreetsandbeathiminpublic.Greatlyhumiliatedbothmentallyandphysically,hecommittedsuicidebydrowninghimselfinaBeijinglakein1966.Hisrelativeswereaccusedofimplicationinhis"crimes"butcontinuedtorescuehismanuscriptsafterhisdeath,hidingthemincoalpilesandachimneyandmovingthemfromhousetohouse.
HisotherimportantworksincludeSiShiTongTang(四世同堂,"FourGenerationsunderOneRoof"1944–1950),anoveldescribingthelifeoftheChinesepeopleduringtheJapaneseOccupation;CatCountry(猫城记)asatirewhichissometimesseenasthefirstimportantChinesesciencefictionnovel,ChaGuan(茶馆,"Teahouse"),aplaywrittenin1957;andLaoZhangdeZhexue(老张的哲学,"ThePhilosophyofOldZhang"),hisfirstpublishednovel,writteninLondon(1926).
TheLaosheTeaHouse(老舍茶馆),apopulartouristattractioninBeijingthatopenedin1988andfeaturesregularperformancesoftraditionalmusic,isnamedforLaoShe.[1]
Hehadfourchildren,onesonandthreedaughters.