Section Four The Relation Between Literature and Life
文學是人生的反映，人生是文學的根底。是人生造就了文學，而文學又回過來服務於人生。文學與人生的關係正如人與自己影子的關係。文學是人生的精髓，或更確切地說，文學是人生的表現，表現包含著材料的選擇和藝術的加工。
Literature is the reflection of human life while human life is the root of literature. It is human life thatmakes up literature， whereas literature serves human life in return. Literature stands related to human life asman stands to man’s own shadow. Literature is the essence of Life， or to be more exact， literature is the re-presentation of life. Re-presentation includes selection of material and artistic improvement.
一切種類的文學藝術的源泉究竟是從何而來的呢？作為觀念形態的文藝作品，都是一定的社會生活在人類頭腦中的反映的產物。人民生活中本來存在著文學藝術原料的礦藏，這是自然形態的東西，是粗糙的東西，但也是最生動、最豐富、最基本的東西；從這點上說，它們使一切文學藝術相形見絀，它們是一切文學藝術取之不盡、用之不竭的唯一源泉。
In the last analysis， what is the source of all literature and art？ Works of literature and art， as ideologicalforms， are products of the reflection in the human brain of the life of a given society. The life of the peopleis always a mine of the raw materials for literature and art， materials in their natural form， materials that arecrude， but most vital， rich and fundamental； they make all literature and art seem pallid by comparison； theyprovide literature and art with an inexhaustible source， their only source.