On this day, 59 years ago, on August 24, 1966 (July 9, 1966 in the lunar calendar), Lao She threw himself into a lake in Beijing. Lao She Lao She was originally named Shu Qingchun, and the word Sheyu. Born in Beijing in 1899. Zhenghongqi people, Manchu people. His family was poor and his father lost when he was young. He was raised by his mother. He entered middle school at the age of 7 and later transferred to primary school. He entered Beijing Normal School in 1913 and graduated in 1918. He has served as a Chinese language teacher in primary and secondary schools in Beijing, Tianjin and other places. New literary creation began during the May 4th Movement. In 1924, he went to the UK and served as a Chinese lecturer at the Oriental College of the University of London. He successively wrote novels such as "Lao Zhang's Philosophy","Zhao Ziri", and "Erma". He joined the Literary Research Society in 1926 and returned to China in 1930. He successively taught at Qilu University in Jinan and Shandong University in Qingdao, where he wrote long and short stories such as "The Story of the Cat City","Divorce","The Legend of Niu Tianci", and "Crescent Moon". In 1937,"Camel Xiangzi" was published. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as director and director of the General Affairs Department of the All-China Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association, engaged in the Anti-Japanese literary movement. Here he wrote the novel "Four Generations Together". He went to the United States to give lectures in 1946 and returned to China at the end of 1949. He has served successively as a member of the Culture and Education Committee of the State Council, Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, Representative of the National People's Congress, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, etc., and has created dramas "Longxugou","West View Chang 'an","Teahouse", and the novel "Under the Red Flag". He was persecuted in the early days of the "Cultural Revolution" and committed suicide on August 24, 1966 at Taiping Lake in Beijing. The compilation of "Selected Works of Lao She". On June 3, 1978, a grand ashes placement ceremony was held for Mr. Lao She at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing. Mr. Lao She is a famous writer. He devoted his life to the literary and artistic cause of the motherland. He is active and diligent in creation and has rich books. Before liberation, he wrote many literary works such as "Camel Xiangzi", exposing and criticizing the old society. After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao's revolutionary literary and artistic line gave him new artistic life. With a high degree of creative enthusiasm, he worked day and night to create the dramas "Longxugou" and "Spring and Autumn", the novel "The Unknown Highland Is Famous" and many other forms of literary and artistic works have been warmly welcomed and loved by the broad masses of the people, enjoyed a high reputation at home and abroad, and were honored as the "People's Artist."