1912年3月,刘半农从部队返乡后到上海谋生,在开明剧社担任编辑。与此同时,他也利用业余时间勤奋写作,先后在《时事新报》《小说界》等刊物发表40多篇他翻译和创作的小说,获得的稿酬颇丰。一次,刘半农随意翻阅一份报纸时,突然看到一篇很眼熟的文章。仔细看后,才发现那正是他写的一篇小说, In 1912 March, Liu Bannong returned home from the army to Shanghai to make a living, in the operatic drama as editor. At the same time, he also used his spare time hard writing, has published more than 40 articles in his translation and creation in the “Current Affairs News,” “Novel” and other publications, received considerable remuneration. Once, Liu Bannong randomly read a newspaper, suddenly saw a very familiar article. After a closer look, I found out that it was just a novel he wrote,