抗战胜利后第二年,即1946年,姚雪垠经郭沫若推荐,到上海武训学校讲课。他从重庆出发,于8月初到上海,赶上学校开学典礼。校长李士钊当众宣布他为文学专科主任。开学后不久,姚的父亲在河南老家去世,他从上海赶回老家奔丧,料理后事,又于10月回上海,在武训学校讲授语文课,直至第二年6月学校被迫停办。在这不到一年的时间里,他结识了同在学校讲课的一批文化界人士,如臧克家、田仲济、孙起孟、孟秋江、景德、金仲华、陈白尘 The second year after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, that is, in 1946, Yao Xueyin recommended by Guo Moruo to Shanghai Wu Xun School. He set off from Chongqing and arrived in Shanghai in early August to catch up with the school’s opening ceremony. Principal Li Shizhao publicly announced that he was director of literature. Shortly after the opening of the school, Yao’s father died in his hometown of Henan. He returned home from Shanghai and funeral arrangements. He went back to Shanghai in October and taught Chinese lessons in Wu Xun’s school until June next year. In less than a year, he met a group of cultural figures who taught in schools, such as Zang Kejia, Tian Zhongji, Sun Qimeng, Meng Qiujiang, Jingde, Jin Zhonghua and Chen Baichen