It wasn't that Zhang Ailing didn't agree to publish " Half Life's Fate ", but it was because this work had received a lot of controversy and criticism at that time. Half-Life Fate was a novel written by Zhang Ailing in 1942. It described the life experiences and emotional stories of a woman in Shanghai in the 1920s. This work did not receive widespread praise at the time because of the relatively low status of women in the social background at that time. Zhang Ailing's creation was also seen as a criticism of the social reality at that time. In addition, the language style and plot arrangement of the work were also criticized. Some people thought that it was too pessimistic and depressing. Despite this, Zhang Ailing still insisted on completing this work and thought it was one of her best works. She hoped to express women's life experience and emotions through this work, and also hoped to show the complexity and variety of human nature through it.