Contemporary writers. Tian, a native of Huai 'an County, Jiangsu Province, was born in a shabby landlord family in 1924.

After finishing primary school, middle school and university in Hangzhou and Shanghai, I have taught in several middle schools in Shanghai.

65438-0945 Joined China * * * worked in schools, literature and art, and propaganda departments successively.

At the beginning of liberation, he was transferred from Liberation Daily to People's Daily, and served as editor, deputy director and director of the Ministry of Literature and Art. He also served as the editorial board of People's Literature and Children's Literature.

Literary creation began in the mid-forties, and prose had the greatest influence.

The main work includes:

Children's literature works such as Tintin Traveling in Beijing, When the bonfire is burning, Colorful Fantasy, Defending the Red Scarf, Five Letters, I also want to wear the red scarf and Singing Beijing.

Prose Collection: North and South of Red River, First Spark, Tenth Spring, Sailing, Torch of Africa (co-authored with Wen Jie), Sorrow and Joy, Selected Prose of Yuan Ying, etc.

Poetry anthology "Red Lake Collection" and "Garland" (co-authored with Wen Jie), with more than 40 works.

Yuan Ying's prose has a wide range of subjects and broad horizons. He is good at rendering the atmosphere, highlighting the theme, and making his works poetic through lyrical and argumentative techniques, parallelism and repetition. After 1980s, his prose language was plain and old-fashioned, with profound implications and a sense of historical depth.