National Southwestern Associated University
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he taught at Sichuan University and National Southwestern Associated University. From 1938 to 1939 he took a visit to Yan'an and Taihangshan, and once taught at the institute of Lu Xun's art and literature. Bian compiled his "A Selection of 10 Years' Poetry (1930–1939)" () in 1941, and it was published in the next year. In 1946, he went to the Nankai University to teach.