巴金称老舍是“中国知识分子最好的典型”,曹禺说他是“中国当代的人杰”,他是惟一得到“人民艺术家”称号的现代作家。研究老舍的论文和专著层出不穷,但关于他的生平传记则相对平静得多。其中有一个重要原因是他曾经在国外生活过较长时间。１９２４年９月－１９３０年２月他赴英伦三岛,执教于伦敦大学东方学院。１９４６年 ３月－１９４９年１２月他又远渡太平洋,在美国生活了将近四年。这两段时期因各种原因留下的资料少之又少,成为老舍研究中的一个薄弱环节。本文力图从各种资料入手勾勒出老舍的留美生涯简图。 Ba Jin said Lao She was “the best example of Chinese intellectuals.” Cao Yu said he is “the most outstanding contemporary person in China.” He is the only modern writer who has won the title of “People’s Artist.” Lao She research papers and monographs after another, but his life biography is relatively more calm. One of the important reasons is that he had lived in a foreign country for a long time. September 1924 - February 1930 he went to the British Isles, taught at the Oriental University, London. March 1946-December 1949 He traveled far across the Pacific and lived in the United States for nearly four years. These two periods of time for a variety of reasons left little information, as Laoshe study of a weak link. This article tries hard to outline Lao She’s career sketch in America from various materials.