On this day 129 years ago, on July 4, 1896 (May 24, 1896 lunar calendar), Mao Dun was born. Mao Dun, formerly known as Shen Dehong, word Yanbing, pen name Mao Dun, Xuanzhu, Fang Bi, Lang Lou, etc., was born on July 4, 1896 in Yiwu Town, Tongxiang County, Zhejiang Province. Mao Dun, formerly known as Shen Dehong, word Yanbing, pen name Mao Dun, Xuan Zhu, Fang Bi, Lang Lou, etc., was born on July 4, 1896 in Yiwu Town, Tongxiang County, Zhejiang Province. In 1913, he was admitted to the first category of Peking University Preparatory School. In 1916, he worked at the compilation office of Shanghai Commercial Press. In November 1920, he served as the editor-in-chief of "Novel Monthly". In January 1921, he initiated a literary research association with Zheng Zhenduo, Ye Shengtao, etc. In the spring of 1926, he served as secretary of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou, and at the end of the same year, he served as an instructor at the Central Military and Political School in Wuhan. In the spring of the following year, he served as the editor-in-chief of the "Republic of China Daily" in Hankou. After the failure of the Great Revolution, he was wanted by the Kuomintang government and began his literary career, completing the trilogy of "Eclipse". He traveled to Japan in July 1928. He is the author of "Mythological Miscellany", "General Theory of Western Literature", "Norse Mythology ABC", and "Chinese Mythology Research ABC" In the 1930s, he published the novel "Midnight", the short story "Lin Family Shop", "Spring Silkworm", "Autumn Harvest", "Late Winter" and essays, literary and artistic short reviews and writers' research monographs. In March 1938, he was elected as a director of the All-China Association of Literary and Art Circles to Resist the Enemy. In March 1939, he taught at Xinjiang University. In May 1940, he went to Yan'an, where he lectured at the Lu Xun Academy of Art, and later went to Chongqing, Hong Kong, Guilin and other places. His main works during this time include the novel "Frost Leaves Red in February Flowers", the play "Around Qingming Festival", and the essay "Praise of White Poplars". In March 1946, he went to Shanghai and edited the magazine "Federation of Literary and Art Circles". At the end of the same year, he was invited to visit the Soviet Union. After returning to China, he wrote "Records of the Soviet Union" In February 1949, he went to Beiping and participated in the preparations for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In July, he attended the National Congress of Literary and Art Workers and was elected as the vice chairperson of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Workers and the chairperson of the Chinese Literary Workers Association (later changed to the Chinese Writers Association). After the founding of New China, he served as the Minister of Culture, edited the magazine "People's Literature", and was elected as the representative of the National People's Congress of successive sessions, the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Vice Chairperson of the Fourth and Fifth National Committees. In 1958, he published 10 volumes of "Mao Dun's Collected Works". He died in Beijing on March 27, 1981. The 40-volume "Complete Works of Mao Dun" published by the People's Literature Publishing House since 1983 contains all his