Writer who told the lives of ordinary Beijing people in their own dialect, in the novel 骆驼祥子 (Rickshaw Boy) and the play 茶馆 (Teahouse). He died after being beaten by Red Guards early in the Cultural Revolution.
Lǎo Shě de zuòpǐn chōngmǎn le duì dǐcéng rénmín de guānhuái.
Lao She's works are full of concern for the people at the bottom of society.
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His courtesy name 舍予 is his surname 舒 split into its two parts, 舍 and 予; the pen name 老舍 keeps the first. Say shě as in 舍得, not the shè of 宿舍 'dormitory'.
