Lao She was{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(出生)in Beijing. His father died when he was young. Lao She studied at Beijing Normal{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(大学). After {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(完成) school in 1918, he was a head teacher of a primary school. From 1924 to 1929, Lao She {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (教)Chinese to the English in London. In 1930, Lao She returned to China and wrote many {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(小说)and short stories.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(在…期间)the Anti-Japanese War period （1937~1945）, he united(团结)many{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(艺术家)and worked in the All China Art Cycle Anti-Japanese Aggression Association(中华全国文艺界抗敌协会). Teahouse, written in 1957, was one of his best{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(戏剧). It described the changes in Chinese {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(社会) over fifty years. Lao She died in 1966. He is one of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(伟大的) Chinese writers in China.