赵树理,一九○六年出生在山西沁水县一个贫农家庭,从小喜爱民间文艺。一九二五年入山西长治第四师范初级班学习,接近了革命工作者,同时受到“五四”新文艺的影响,开始写新诗和小说。一九二六年,因参加反对军阀阎锡山的学生运动被开除学籍。一九二七年被捕入狱。出狱后,长期生活在农村,当过农村教员,主张向传统的民间文艺形式学习,提 Zhao Shuli, born in 1906 in a poor peasant family in Qinshui County, Shanxi Province, grew up in folklore. In 1925, he went to study in the No.4 Normal School of Changzhi, Shanxi, close to the revolutionary workers. At the same time he was influenced by the new literature and art of the May 4th Movement and began to write new poems and novels. In 1926 he was expelled from school for participating in a student movement against warlord Yan Xishan. In 1927 was arrested and jailed. After being released from prison, long-term living in rural areas, had been a rural teacher, advocated to learn from the traditional forms of folklore, mention