19 13 studied in Jinan Yu Ying Middle School. 19 18 was admitted to the English Department of China University, and published the first vernacular novel "Commemoration" in Women magazine in the same year. 192 1 At the beginning of the year, Shen Yanbing, Zheng Zhenduo and others initiated the establishment of a literary research society in Beijing to advocate the artistry of life. 1922 graduated from university and worked as a university lecturer and a middle school teacher.

1922 published the earliest vernacular novel A Leaf since the May 4th Movement, and wrote Twilight the following year. These two works, with the theme of anti-feudalism, exposed the sins of gentry, businessmen and landlords, and reflected the suffering of vulnerable women who were bullied, which once attracted the attention of critics. Since then, he has been engaged in literary activities in Shanghai and Qingdao for a long time.

The novel Shan Yu was published in 1933. This masterpiece, which marks the new development of realism, reflects the reality of the rapid collapse of rural economy in northern China under the heavy pressure of imperialism, feudal forces and warlords. Because the work exposed the darkness of society, it was banned by the authorities the following year. The author was also forced to leave Shanghai and visit ancient literature and art in Europe at his own expense. After Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Poland and other countries, he wrote long poems such as September Wind and European Essays.

1935 After returning to China, he was the editor-in-chief of Literature Monthly. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he taught China literature in Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Jinan University, and worked as an editor in Ming Kai Bookstore. 1945 returned to Qingdao and taught at Shandong university the following year. 1947 resigned angrily to protest against Wen Yiduo's assassination and the suppression of the student movement by the Kuomintang authorities. Most of the poems written in this period express anger at the dark ages and desire for light.

After liberation, he served as chairman of Shandong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, director of Chinese Department of Shandong University, director of Provincial Cultural Bureau and director of NLD Jinan Municipal Committee. After working hard despite his illness, he published a collection of literary essays, fireside chats, poems and short stories by Wang Tongzhao. 1957 died in Jinan.