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Lao Ma is an author about whom limited public information is available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name have not been clearly recorded. Judging from the two works held in the collection, Wan Yue and Qing Cong, Lao Ma's writing falls mainly between the genres of social fiction and youth literature. The title Wan Yue carries a clear regional reference, suggesting that the work may be connected to the people, customs, and everyday life of the Anhui region, while Qing Cong is closer to the vein of youthful memory and coming-of-age narrative. Placed side by side, the two works show that the author can handle both social realist subject matter and the emotional and developmental experiences of the younger generation. Only these two works can currently be confirmed, which is not yet enough to sketch a complete picture of his creative trajectory or the evolution of his style, but the choice of subjects suggests that Lao Ma tends to start from concrete scenes of life and write about the circumstances and inner states of ordinary people. More public information is needed to fill in his personal history and creative background.