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"The Coal Miner" is a collection of short stories written by Gong Binglu, which includes representative works such as "The Coal Miner", "The Judge" and "The Mine Festival". "Coal Miner" is an early work that reflects the strike struggle of coal miners. The author focuses on a family, seeing the big from the small. Through the experiences of three generations of this family, he exposes real problems and directly attacks social ills. This family inherits the father's business and makes a living in the coal mine. The old father is the organizer of the coal mine strike and was shot after the movement failed. The grandson of the family was only eight years old and had to face a life of hardship and became a child laborer in the coal mine. The excited workers launched another strike and blew up the mining area.