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During the Cultural Revolution, Lao She suffered denunciation and beatings at the hands of the Writers and Artists Federation; his wife Hu Jieqing was unable to hold him back, and Lao She ultimately ended his life by the Taiping Lake.

On September 19, 1948, Han Xiu arrived in Shanghai. Thereafter, she served multiple times as a messenger helping Lao She and Zhao Qingge exchange letters, and personally witnessed the experiences of Lao She and the intellectuals around him.