The description of farmers in The Story of A Farmer’s Growth and the intellectual interest represented in this description is of sinuous significance in the growth of the 20th century literature in China. The significance of this description shows itself first in its truthfulness of farmers’ description, which exceeds all attempt of its sort since the May4th Movement. Then it manifests a succession of the interest of modern intellectuals since the May4th Movement and an attempt to develop a newtype interest of Chinese intellectuals. The author’s bold attempt and successful undertaking contributed to establishing a newtype narrative discourse conforming to mainstream ideology and a narrative tradition of lasting influence.

The Story of A Farmer’s Growth; Liu Qing; the image of farmers; interest of intellectuals