Scar literature is a literary phenomenon that dominated the literary world in mainland China from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. It is named after Lu Xinhua's short story "Scar", which is based on the life of educated youth during the "Cultural Revolution".

The name "Scar Literature" comes from Lu Xinhua's short story "Scar" published in Wenhui Po on August 11, 1978. It also "reflected the seriousness of people's internal injuries in their minds" and "called for the healing of trauma", and was approved by those who promoted new changes in literature at that time. Subsequently, novels that exposed the historical trauma of the Cultural Revolution emerged one after another.

The works created by educated youths such as "The Sacred Mission", "The Noble Green Pine", "The Fight of the Soul", "Devotion" and "Marriage" have greater influence among the scar literature. From Weixi's "Red Magnolia Under the Big Wall" and other big wall literature.

As well as Feng Jicai's early "Scar Literature" with relatively high artistic achievements in "The Crossing of Flowers" and "Ah! ", Zhou Keqin's "Xu Mao and His Daughters" and rural "scar literature" represented by "Xu Mao and His Daughters", etc.

Some people have raised objections to this general term, thinking that it is better to use "exposure literature" to suit the literary essence of this stage. However, since this term has been accepted by most researchers in the academic community, Extend it.

The emergence of scar literature marks the beginning of literature in the new era. It is a strong indictment of the awakened generation against the nightmare and abnormal suffering era that has just passed. The authors of scar literature pay attention to and think about the reality of life with a sober and sincere attitude, face the painful history, and present pictures of life during the ten-year catastrophe in their works.