It means: When people are alive, they should do more meaningful things, and don't let sleep delay these things. After death, they will naturally sleep every day.

"Why sleep for a long time during your lifetime? What does it mean that you will sleep forever after death?" comes from Xiao Hong's "The Last Piece of Wooden Plate".

"The Last Wooden Plate" is an excerpt from the works of the famous writer Xiao Hong, a great civilian writer in modern China. In recent years, the research on Xiao Hong has become more and more popular. I have excerpted some of her articles in the hope of attracting the attention of some readers. ?

Most of Xiao Hong's prose are memories of her teenage life, recalling the moments of childhood joy and recording her difficult life journey. However, these works also reflect a corner of social life from one aspect of personal life, and have certain social significance and cognitive value. "The Last Piece of Wood" hopes that readers will gain something from reading these works carefully.

Xiao Hong (1911-1942), a native of Heilongjiang. Her original name is Zhang Naiying, and her pen name is Xiao Hong. In 1930, he met Xiao Jun, the two fell in love, and together they completed the collection of essays "Shangshi Street".

In 1933, he and Xiao Jun published their first collection of works "Travel". He went to Shanghai in 1934 and completed the novel "The Field of Life and Death" in the same year, which was published as one of the "Slave Series" with the help of Lu Xun the following year. Xiao Hong thus achieved a status in the history of modern literature.

In 1936, in order to get rid of his mental distress, he traveled east to Japan and wrote the prose "Lonely Life" and the long poem "Sand" in Tokyo.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Join the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement. Later he taught at the National Revolutionary University. Went to Hong Kong in 1940. Xiao Hong's major works include the novel "Mabele", the retrospective novel "The Story of Hulan River", and a series of short and medium-length stories recalling his hometown, such as "Ox Cart" and "March in a Small Town".

Extended information:

Xiao Hong’s literary career is inseparable from the era in which she lived, let alone the many talented people she met in her life, either as lovers or confidants. , or mentors, the most important of whom are Xiao Jun and Lu Xun.

Xiao Hong, whose real name was Zhang Naiying, was born into a landlord family in Hulan District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. She lost her mother when she was young and ran away from home in 1930 due to an arranged marriage. Meeting Xiao Jun in 1932 was an important turning point in Xiao Hong's life. From then on, she started her literary creation career.

On Xiao Hong’s literary path, the person who helped her the most was Lu Xun. Lu Xun and Xiao Hong have a touching "great warmth".

In Xiao Hong’s life and literary journey, Lu Xun can be described as a mentor and a great talent. It was Lu Xun’s discovery and support that led to the rise and development of Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun in the literary world. Lu Xun personally checked, revised and wrote the preface to Xiao Hong's "The Field of Life and Death". He also asked Hu Feng, a famous modern writer and critic, to write a postscript.

Lu Xun admired Xiao Hong's cheerful character and literary talent very much, and recommended her works to her colleagues at home and abroad many times, calling Xiao Hong "the most promising female writer in China today." Xiao Hong also regards Lu Xun as her literary idol. She once recalled the warmth that Lu Xun brought to her and Xiao Jun: "In the deserted pavilion, reading his (Lu Xun) letters, only he comforted the two wanderers. "

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