Scar novels were a literary genre that originated in China in the 1950s. Its appearance was due to the trauma and pain of the Chinese society during the war, political turmoil, and revolutionary waves. Its theme and content mainly described the pain and suffering experienced by the people in the process of revolution and construction, as well as the thoughts and reflections on these issues. During this period, there were many novels with the theme of "scars" such as Ye Guangzheng's "Pearl of the East", Liu Zhenyun's "Unit","I am a Cat" and so on. These works reflected the reality of society and the mentality of the people by describing the sufferings and struggles of the people. They became the classic works of "scar novels".