Zhao Shuli's "Meng Xiangying Stands Up" is based on Meng Xiangying, the "hero who survived the famine" in the Taihang Mountains. It does not follow the narrative mode commonly used in liberated area literature, which mainly shows the heroic deeds of characters after they turn over, but chooses the arduous transformation process of "how a person becomes a hero from a non-hero". This makes the novel present an artistic style that is different from many "new women" works on the theme of transformation at that time, giving readers different reading experiences and different gains. It is a very excellent rural short story.
