132 years ago today, on July 6, 1893 (May 23, 1893), the French writer Maupassant died. Guy de Maupassant was one of the most prominent critical realist writers in 19th-century France. He worked hard all his life and was sent to a madhouse in Paris after suffering from insanity due to overwork. Maupassant died on July 6, 1893, at the age of 43. Maupassant was born in August 1850 to a decrepit aristocratic family near the city of Dieb in Normandy, in northwestern France. His ancestors were all nobles, but they fell by the time of his father's generation, who worked as a broker in the exchange. His mother was born into a bookish family and loved literature. She often commented on literary works and had unique opinions. Soon after Maupassant was born, his parents separated due to frequent conflicts, and he lived with his mother in a villa by the sea. As a child, Maupassant liked to play in apple orchards, watch hunting on the grassland, and enjoy chatting and working with farmers, fishermen, boatmen, and hunters. These experiences made Maupassant familiar with rural life from an early age. From childhood, his mother trained him to write poetry, and when his son became a famous writer, she was still Maupassant's literary consultant, critic, and assistant, so his mother was his first teacher on the path of literary creation. Another person who laid the foundation for Maupassant's literary path was Louis Bouille, his literary teacher when he was 13 years old and studied at the Lyceum Rouen. Louis Bouillard was a famous Pana poet who often instructed Maupassant in various genres of literature. In 1870, after graduating from high school, Maupassant went to Paris to study law at the university. That year, the Franco-Prussian War broke out and he was conscripted into the army. In the army, he witnessed his country in distress and the soldiers moaning in a pool of blood. He was very sad. He wanted to write down what he saw and heard to inspire patriotic enthusiasm. In 1871, after the war ended, Maupassant retired and returned to Paris. In 1878, he began to write in his spare time at the Ministry of Education. At that time, the great writer Flaubert became Maupassant's literary mentor, and the two of them formed a relationship of mentorship like father and son. Flaubert was determined to pass on his creative experience to Maupassant. Maupassant had great respect for the teachings of his strict teacher, and every study was sent to Flaubert for review. Flaubert meticulously revised his studies for him, and praised Maupassant's many works, but advised him not to rush to publish them. Therefore, in the 1970s, Maupassant wrote a lot, but published very little. This was the preparatory stage of his literary creation. In 1880, Maupassant's famous work "The Ball of Suet" was published, which made Maupassant Yiming amazing. Readers called him a rising star in the literary world. From then on, he jumped into the French literary world. Most of Maupassant's works were written in the 10 years between then and 1890. During this time, he wrote about 300 short stories, 6 novels, 3 travelogues, 1 collection of poems and other essays. Maupassant's brilliant literary and artistic achievements have made outstanding contributions to the treasure house of world literature. His achievements in writing art not only occupy an important position in the history of French literature, but also have a great influence on later European and Chinese writers.