19 18 was admitted to Zhejiang first normal university. 1920, began to write poems and essays, and joined the literary group Chen Guang Society. After graduation, he served as a primary school teacher in Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province, a teacher in Shanghai Ethnic Women's Middle School and a secretary of Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. 1923 was detained by Hangzhou police for joining a progressive group. From 1926, the short story "Leave Dusk in the Town" was published. The autobiography of seven letters, a collection of short stories from 65438 to 0928, was praised as a masterpiece by Lu Xun. /kloc-joined the Chinese Left-wing Writers' League in 0/930 and edited the monthly "Left-wing League Germination". 193 1 year, after the five martyrs of the left-wing writers were arrested, they were forced to leave Shanghai to teach at Hangzhou Finance School. /kloc-in the summer of 0/932, because the Mayflower Troupe was arrested, he returned home unemployed after he was released from prison. From 65438 to 0933, he taught in Shanghai Maixin Middle School and participated in the editing of New Linz and Literary World. 1949 after the liberation of Shanghai, he served as a special researcher of education bureau of shanghai, editor of Literature Monthly, deputy editor of Shanghai Literature, deputy editor of Harvest, secretary of the Secretariat of Shanghai Writers Association and vice chairman of Shanghai Writers Association. 1959, concurrently head of the Chinese Department of Shanghai Normal University. He was brutally persecuted during the "Cultural Revolution". There is a collection of Wei's short stories.