In 1930s and 1940s, many plays were created, such as Just Spring and Liang. The drama has a wide range of themes, rigorous structure, strong local color, emphasis on the expression of traditional Chinese opera, and a romantic style. At the same time, he was engaged in literary criticism, and published works such as Biography of Flaubert, Drunk Tales and Drunk Hua Er. The critical articles lay particular stress on artistic analysis, showing keen appreciation and original opinions. After that, he mainly engaged in the translation and research of foreign literature, and published Gorky's plays, Chekhov's one-act plays, Moliere's plays, Tolstoy's plays and so on. , has made contributions to cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. After the founding of New China, he served as the director of drama literature department of Shanghai Theatre Academy. From 65438 to 0954, he was transferred to Peking University Institute of Literature as a researcher. 65438-0957, researcher of China Academy of Sciences, researcher of Institute of Foreign Literature of China Academy of Social Sciences. After 1976, he also wrote plays such as Lv Zhi and Beating His Daughter-in-law with a Stick. He has published Selected Works of Li Jianwu's Plays, Selected Works of Li Jianwu's Plays and Selected Works of Li Jianwu's Creation.