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ToLIVETheauthorYuHua,isaChineseauthor,bornApril3,1960inHangzhou,Zhejiangprovince.Hepracticeddentistryforfiveyearsandlaterturnedtofictionwritingin1983.hesaidbecausehedidn'tlikelookingintopeople’smouthsthewholeday.Writingallowedhimtobemorecreativeandflexible.HegrewupduringtheCulturalRevolutionandmanyofhisstoriesandnovelsaremarkedbythisexperience.AndtodaywhatIwillintroducetoyouhisfamousnovel,Tolive.ItisoneofthemostrepresentativeworkbyYuHua.Thestorywasconstructedunderaparticularculturalbackgroundandtimeperiod.Themaincharacterofthisstory,XuFuguiwasayoungmasterofthelandlord'sfamily.Whenhewasyoung,hewasignorant,gambling.Later,becauseofhisgamebling,helosthisfamilyproperty.Afterhiswifeleft,hedecidedtoworkhard.buthewasarrestedtoworkforthearmy.ThentheycapturedbythePLA,hereturnedhomeandmeethisfamilyagain.Hethoughthecouldliveinpeaceinthefuture,buthehadtogothroughthechangeofthetideofthreeopposingandfiveopposingandGreatLeapForward.Tohisdismay,hissonYouqingwassuckedtodeathinhospitalbecauseherantothecountymagistrate'swifeforbloodtransfusion.Hewantedtoworkhardwiththecountymagistrate,butthenhedidn'tthinkhecouldevengetrevengebecausethecountymagistratehappenedtobeChunsheng,hiscomrade-in-armswhenhewasarrestedtobeastrongman.Later,hisdaughterdiedinthehospitalbecauseofmassivebleedingduringchildbirth.Hiswife,Jiazhen,diedsoonbecauseofherbitterfate.Hisson-in-lawdiedinanaccident,leavinghimandhisgrandsonbehind.Butunexpectedly,evenhisgrandsondiedalivebecauseofeatingbeans.XuFugui,hadtowitnessallhisfamilymembersandlovedonestakenawayfromhimbythepowerandcrueltyoffate,buthestillmanagedtofacefatewithafirmspirit.welivejustbecausewelive,butnotbecausealltheotherthingsinlife.Thereisnosuchthingmorebeautifulthanlife,andthereisnosuchthingmoredifficultthanlife.——YuHuaTHEEND~