1925 After graduation, he worked as a Chinese teacher in Ningbo No.4 Middle School, Shaoxing No.5 Middle School and Hunan No.3 Middle School in Zhejiang Province, and as a teaching assistant in the College of Arts and Sciences of Zhejiang University.
1930 Lecturer, Chinese Department, Wuhan University. 1956 teaches in the Chinese Department of Hangzhou University.
1959 Up to now, professor of Chinese Department of Nanjing University.