On this day 244 years ago, on February 15, 1781 (January 23, 1781 lunar calendar), the German playwright Gotthold Efraim Lessing died. Gotthold Efraim Lessing (1729.1.22-1781.2.15) German Enlightenment playwright, aesthetician, literary critic. Born in Kamenz in the Lausitz region, his father was a priest. In 1746 he entered the University of Leipzig to study theology, and wrote his debut novel in the same year as the comedy "Young Scholar". Before 1760, he was engaged in editing and writing work, and edited the literary supplement of the Berlin Charter. He wrote "Miss Sara Samson" (1755) and translated "The Drama of Monsieur Diderot" (1760). After that, he completed the anti-Prussian comedy "Minna Feng Balhem" (1767). After the Hamburg Theatre was established, he served as a theatrical art consultant and wrote the "Hamburg Drama Review". After that, he completed the anti-Prussian comedy "Minna Feng Balhem" (1767). After the Hamburg Theatre was established, he served as a theatrical art consultant and wrote the "Hamburg Drama Review". Later, he completed the famous tragedies "Amelia Galotti" (1772) and "Nadan the Wise Man" (1778), which together with the play "Sa" formed the three famous plays of Lessing. The review series are "New Literature Newsletter" and "Hamburg Drama Review". The former consists of 17 letters, which basically contain the main ideas of his theatrical theory: the creation of national literature and drama that are closely integrated with the history and reality of the nation; national drama should not be modelled on French classicist drama but should be modelled on Shakespeare and English drama, while also absorbing its own national traditions. The latter consists of 104 commentaries, which also summarize his theoretical views, advocating Aristotle and Shakespeare and pan-classical drama. Died Braunschweig on February 15, 1781.