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A plane bound for Mars was destroyed the moment it collided with Mars. Only "I" survived, but was taken to their cat city by a group of cat-faced aliens and began a difficult alien life. The cat people also have a history, with a civilization of more than 20,000 years. In ancient times, they also fought wars with foreign countries and won. However, in the past five hundred years, the result of fighting among themselves has made them completely forget the concept of fighting foreigners, and they have been united in fighting against foreigners, which has led to the degradation of civilization. And "I" witnessed with my own eyes a war between cat people and dwarf soldiers, which ended with the annihilation of the entire city of Cat City, an ancient city of alien civilization with increasingly selfish desires...

"My Life" is a famous novella written by Lao She on the eve of the all-out Anti-Japanese War. Through "family changes", "mutinies" and "coups", it describes the rough life of an ordinary patrolman in the old era, and indicts the misfortunes that social unrest brings to ordinary people. It is the final work of Lao She's first golden period of creation. "Under the Red Flag" is Lao She's autobiographical novel, but unfortunately it was not completed. Using autobiography as a clue to express the historical changes since the late Qing Dynasty, this is a work that the author has been preparing for decades before writing. Some commentators believe that if completed, it may become Lao She's greatest work. Bing Xin also said that the failure to finish it was an "eternal regret".

Included in Lao She's two novels - "Lao Zhang's Philosophy" and "Cat City", there are many woodcut illustrations drawn by the famous illustrator Gao Rongsheng. "Lao Zhang's Philosophy" is Lao She's first full-length novel. It tells the story of Lao Zhang, a philistine intellectual who lives in the education world and has a "money-based and trinity" philosophy. "Cat City" is a long allegorical novel. It describes what "I", a journalist and explorer, saw and heard when the plane crashed and crashed in the Cat City on Mars during a trip to Mars. It has the significance of alluding to the society at that time. It is also known as the pioneering work of Chinese science fiction.

"Four Generations Under One Roof" is one of Lao She's masterpieces. Against the background of the outbreak of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the fall of Peking, the novel takes the life of four generations of the Qi family as the main line, and vividly and vividly depicts the ups and downs, life and death of people from all walks of life and all kinds of people represented by the residents of Xiaoyangquan Hutong. This book is illustrated by Gao Rongsheng.

This book is one of Lao She's masterpieces. It uses the poignant story of Xiangzi, an old Beijing rickshaw driver, to accuse the darkness and cruelty of the old society. Since the book came out, it has been widely welcomed, has been reprinted several times, and has been adapted into movies, plays, etc. The publisher this time is Gao Rongsheng's illustrated edition, whose illustration techniques are exquisite and rich in meaning, which is rare. This book is an example of the perfect combination of famous works and paintings.