To LIVE Yu Hua, is a Chinese author, born April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He practiced dentistry for five years and later turned to fiction writing in 1983 . he said because he didn't like "looking into people’s mouths the whole day." Writing allowed him to be more creative and flexible . The author And today what I will introduce to you his famous novel ,To live. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution and many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. It is one of the most representative work by Yu Hua. The story was constructed under a particular cultural background and time period. The main character of this story, Xu Fugui was a young master of the landlord's family. When he was young, he was ignorant, gambling. Later, because of his gamebling,he lost his family property . After his wife left, he decided to work hard. but he was arrested to work for the army . Then they captured by the PLA, he returned home and meet his family again. He thought he could live in peace in the future, but he had to go through the change of the tide of "three opposing and five opposing" and "Great Leap Forward". To his dismay, his son Youqing was sucked to death in hospital because he ran to the county magistrate's wife for blood transfusion. He wanted to work hard with the county magistrate, but then he didn't think he could even get revenge because the county magistrate happened to be Chunsheng, his comrade-in-arms when he was arrested to be a strong man. Later, his daughter died in the hospital because of massive bleeding during childbirth. His wife, Jiazhen, died soon because of her bitter fate. His son-in-law died in an accident, leaving him and his grandson behind. But unexpectedly, even his grandson died alive because of eating beans. Xu Fugui, had to witness all his family members and loved ones taken away from him by the power and cruelty of fate, but he still managed to face fate with a firm spirit. we live just because we live, but not because all the other things in life. There is no such thing more beautiful than life, and there is no such thing more difficult than life. —— Yu Hua THE END ~