Original role. OC in Yu Hua's novels refers to the characters created in Yu Hua's novels, that is, "OC" is the abbreviation of English "OriginalCharacter", which means original character. Yu Hua's OC mainly appears in his short story Alive. In the novel, Fu Gui is a typical OC. He is an honest and filial man, who experienced family changes and social changes and finally became a lonely old man. The role of Fu Gui was shaped by Yu Hua based on his understanding of China's history and culture, which has strong representativeness and profound social significance.