Both Wang Shuo and Lao She are representatives of "Beijing-style novels". What do you think of their artistic achievements? Who is more "old Beijing"?

Wang Shuo and Lao She are both literary masters. It is difficult to discuss who is more "old Beijing". After all, their "old Beijing" has its own embodiment in different degrees. Aside from the topic of who is more old Beijing, there is a lot to say just because of their artistic creation.

First of all, let's talk about abandoning the old. Lao She, an out-and-out old Beijing, is inextricably linked with Beijing-style novels, and even called it the source of Beijing-style novels. Lao She's "Beijing-style novels" are mainly manifested in the language, folk customs and cultural background of "Beijing-style children". Take Camel Xiangzi as an example. Xiangzi is an image of an old Beijing coachman written by Lao She. By describing Xiangzi's miserable life, Lao She exposed the darkness of old China, and at the same time reflected the scene of warlords scuffling under the rule of darkness and the poor citizens at the bottom of Beijing living in the abyss of pain.

Let me talk about Wang Shuo again. Wang Shuo is neither an old Beijinger nor a complex, but he has his own unique "two hands"-"living language writing" and "image of the stubborn group". Wang Shuo's "living language" is not the old Beijing dialect-Hutong dialect written by Lao She, but the social buzzword in Beijing. Similarly, the image of hooligans is also called "the image of ruffians". These local ruffians are not all hooligans, but ordinary people at the bottom of society. Wang Shuo's rascal literature tells the thoughts and behaviors of the people at the bottom of society, and describes the most common and typical living conditions and emotional entanglements of the people at the bottom.

Finally, both Wang Shuo and Lao She have their own attainments, and their artistic achievements cannot be compared. It is unrealistic to discuss who is with old Beijing, because both of them are outstanding representatives of "Beijing-style novels".