Liu Shaotang (1936- 1997) was born in Tongxian County, Hebei Province (now Tongzhou District, Beijing). 1949 began to publish short stories in middle school. 195 1 worked in Hebei Federation of Literary and Art Circles for half a year, read many literary classics, and was deeply influenced by Sun Li's works. The following year, he published the famous short story "Green Branches and Leaves" and was selected as a Chinese textbook for middle schools. 65438-0954, joined the Chinese Department of Peking University. 65438-0956 Join the Chinese Writers Association. 1957 published the novels Sunset in the Field, West Garden Grass and some papers, which were wrongly classified as "Rightists". 1979 was rehabilitated. He used to be vice chairman of Beijing Writers Association, member of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, member of China Center of International PEN, and editor-in-chief of China local novel series. He is the author of short stories such as Green Branches and Leaves, Love of Hawthorn Trees, Mid-Autumn Festival, Moth Eyebrows, Novelette, The Sound of Canal Paddles, Liujia, Guapeng Liuxiang, Water and Wind, and Xiao He only shows its sharp corners. And novels, spring grass, etc. Liu Servant's Home won the second prize of the first national excellent novella, and The Beauty of the Moth won the national excellent short story award 198 1. His works are fresh and simple in style, simple in writing, calm and natural in description, concise and complete in structure and full of local color.