自从作文评奖以后,汤晓丹对文学作品的兴趣更浓了。集美离上海很远,但上海出版的书刊、杂志这里都能看到。“五四”新文化运动产生的作品,源源不断地运到集美。汤晓丹从小对书有一种嗜好,这时更是爱书如命,身边一有钱,马上就变成了新书。他最喜欢读鲁迅的小说,郭沫若的白话诗,以及郁达夫,叶绍钧、朱自清、钱玄同等人的作品。他觉得读他们的作品既得到了艺术上的亨受,又能加深对中国社会的了解。他读到的鲁迅的第一部作品,是一九二三年八月 Tang Xiaodan’s interest in literary works has become even more intense since his composition award. Jimei is far away from Shanghai, but the books and magazines published in Shanghai can be seen here. The works produced by the “May 4th” New Culture Movement have been continuously transported to Jimei. Tang Xiaodan childhood book has a hobby, then love books such as life, around a rich, and soon became a new book. His most favorite reading of Lu Xun’s novels, Guo Moruo’s vernacular poetry, and Yu Dafu, Ye Shaojun, Zhu Ziqing, Qian Xuan and other works. He felt that reading his works gained both artistic prowess and deeper understanding of Chinese society. The first work he read about Lu Xun was in August 1923