摘要：老舍是中国现当代文坛上有杰出贡献和深厚影响力的作家。他是文学史上“市民小说”的代表作家，他把市民小说创作推向了顶峰。一个作家的创作是离不开作者的个人记忆的，作品的内容不可能是作者凭空想象出来的。老舍在创作市民小说的时候把自己的经历和自己身处的社会大环境带进了作品之中，这样的作品会更加真实，更加有感染力。老舍的个人记忆是丰富的，因此他的市民小说在内容上、思想上也必然是丰富的。

关键词:老舍；市民小说；个人记忆；人生经历；《四世同堂》

Abstract: Lao She has outstanding contribution and the profound influence author at contemporary Chinese literary world. He is the " citizen novels " representative writers in history of literature，he puts the citizen novels of culmination. A writer's creation is inseparable from the author's personal memory, the content of the work is probably not the author imagined. Lao She puts his own experience and his social environment into the works in the creation of citizen novels, such words will be more true, more appealing. Lao She's personal memories is rich, therefore his citizen novels in the content and thought must be rich.

Key words: Lao She; citizen novels; personal memory; personal experiences;《The Yellow Storm》