长篇小说‘四世同堂’是老舍先生的代表作之一,按老舍先生自己的话说,是对‘抗战文艺的一个较大的纪念品’,在国内外拥有大量读者。在一般情况下,老舍先生对自己的作品手稿是不太注意保留的,但是‘四世同堂’手稿是个例外,它是老舍先生特意保留下来的,这也可以证明他偏爱这部作品,也喜爱这份手稿。‘四世同堂’共分三部,目前,前两部手稿在‘文革’中幸免于难,保存完好,藏于中国现代文学馆所属的‘老舍故居’内。前两部创作于一九四四年和一九四五年,是在重庆北碚完成的。由于稿纸是四川土纸,只能用墨笔 The novel ’Four Generations’ is one of the masterpieces of Mr. Lao She. According to Mr. Lao She’s own words, it is a larger souvenir to ’anti-Japanese war literature and art’ and has a large number of readers both at home and abroad. Under normal circumstances, Mr. Lao She did not pay much attention to the manuscripts of his own works, except for the ’four generations’ manuscript, which was specially preserved by Mr. Lao She, which proves that he favors the work and Love this manuscript ’Four Generations’ is divided into three parts. At present, the first two manuscripts survived the Cultural Revolution and are well preserved in the Lao She Residence that belongs to the China Modern Literature Museum. The first two were written in 1944 and 1945 in Beibei, Chongqing. Because the manuscript is Sichuan soil paper, can only use ink pen