现代杰出的革命家，“五四”新文学运动先驱之一的茅盾（189－1981），于1896年7月4日生在浙江省桐乡县乌镇一个书香门第，取名沈德鸿，字雁冰，乳名燕昌，写小说时取笔名茅盾。茅盾的父亲是前清秀才，具有维新思想，后来跟茅盾的外祖父（当地的名医）学中医，母亲也受过良好的旧 Mao Dun (189-1981), one of the pioneers of the “May Fourth” New Literature Movement, was born in Wuzhu, Tongxiang County, Zhejiang Province on July 4, 1896. He was named Shen Dehong, , Milk name Yan Chang, write a novel to take pen name Mao Dun. Mao Dun’s father was a former scholar of Qing Dynasty, with a fresh thinking, and later learned the Chinese medicine with Mao Dun’s grandfather (local famous doctor). His mother was also well-educated