Because Lu Yao died after writing this book, and this book that profoundly reflects the reality was made by him, just like the title, although ordinary, it embodies a profound truth. Although it is about rural life, love, career twists and turns and the reality of life truly reflect people's lives. Real and delicate brushwork, feeling the scene reappears, the characters are lifelike and the mind is delicate. [Overview] This is a novel that shows the contemporary urban and rural social life in China in a panoramic way. This book has three parts. In the past ten years, the author has created many images of ordinary people from all walks of life through complex contradictions and entanglements. Labor and love, frustration and pursuit, pain and joy, daily life and huge social conflicts are intertwined, which profoundly shows the difficult and tortuous road that ordinary people have gone through in the historical process of the great era. In particular, the hero's spirit of hard struggle in the face of difficulties still has a great influence on people today. Author's brief introduction Lu Yao (1949-1992), formerly known as Wang Weiguo, was born in a poor peasant family in Qingjian county, Yulin city, Shaanxi province on February 3, and was adopted by his uncle in rural areas of Yanchuan county at the age of 7 due to family difficulties. Studying in Yanchuan county middle school, 1969 went back to his hometown to farm. During this period, he worked as a temporary worker and taught in a rural primary school for one year. 65438-0973 entered the Chinese Department of Yan 'an University, during which he began to create literature. After graduating from college, he was the editor-in-chief of Shaanxi Literature and Art (now along the river). /kloc-published "amazing scene" in 0/980 and won the first national excellent novella award. 1982 published the novella "Life", which was later adapted into a film and made a sensation throughout the country. 1On May 25th, 988, I finished the million-word novel Ordinary World. With its magnificent momentum and epic character, this novel shows the great changes in China's urban and rural social life and people's thoughts and feelings in a panoramic way in the reform era. It was broadcast in china national radio before it was finished. Lu Yao won the Mao Dun Literature Prize for this. 1992165438+1October 17 At 8: 20 am, Lu Yao died in Xi 'an at the age of 42. Story synopsis The novel centers on the fate of Sun, Tian and Jin in Shuangshui Village on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, reflecting the broad social outlook from the late Cultural Revolution to the early reform. The first part describes that Sun Shaoping, the son of a farmer, went to the former Xixian High School at the beginning of 1975. He is poor, but he has self-esteem. Both study and work are good, and Hao Hongmei, who comes from a landlord family, loves each other. Later, Hao Hongmei fell in love with Gu from a superior family. She graduated from Shao Ping High School and returned to her hometown to have a baby. But he was not depressed. He established friendship with Tian Xiaoxia, the daughter of Tian Fujun, deputy director of the County Revolutionary Committee, and cared about the outside world with the help of Xiao Xia. Shao Ping's brother Shao An has been working at home. He and Runye, the daughter of the village party secretary Tian, were childhood friends, but Tian opposed him. After a painful ordeal, Shao An went to Shanxi to have a blind date with hardworking and kind Xiulian and got married, and Runye had to get married with tears. At this time, rural life was chaotic, and drought added fuel to the fire. In order to strengthen his prestige, Tian organization stole the river dam and the water in the upper reaches, and only lost his life. In order to "learn from Dazhai", he was overjoyed, moving and angry. The channel of life has reached the point where it must be changed. The second part,1After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in the spring of 979, everything was in ruins and full of contradictions. Tian held a branch meeting overnight to resist the responsibility system, but led the production team to take the lead in implementing it, and then promoted the responsibility system in the whole village. Shao An, who has a flexible mind, went to the city to pull bricks and used the money he earned to build a kiln to burn bricks, which became the "pioneer" of the commune. Shao Ping's dream and pursuit of youth also inspired him to "travel around the world" outside. He changed from a wandering handyman to a formal construction worker, and finally got a good chance to be a coal miner. His girlfriend, Xiao Xia, went to the provincial newspaper as a reporter after graduating from normal college, and they met again two years later. Runye stayed away from her unloved husband and went to work in the Youth League Committee, which led to her infatuated husband's disability after drinking and driving. Runye felt guilty, returned to her husband and began to live a happy life. Her brother Runsheng has grown up. He met Hao Hongmei, whose fate was bumpy in a foreign land, and finally they got married. The strongman Tian, who once dominated the fate of the village, not only resisted the changes in the new era, but also worried about the marriage of his daughter and son and was troubled by illness. In the third part, Sun Shaoping went to the coal mine of 1982 and tried to be an excellent worker. Shao 'an's brick kilns have also made great progress. He decided to borrow money to expand the machine to make bricks. Unexpectedly, brick kilns suffered a lot because technicians didn't understand technology at all. Later, with the help of friends and county magistrate, he rose again. Runye also lived happily and gave birth to a fat son. The marriage between Run Sheng and Hao Hongmei was finally recognized by their parents, and a lovely daughter was added. But it never rains but it pours. Shao An's wife Xiulian was diagnosed with lung cancer when she vomited blood while celebrating the expansion of her primary school with a capital of 20,000 yuan. In the interview of flood fighting, Xiao Xia made a glorious sacrifice to save the victims. Shao Ping was also seriously injured in an accident, to save his apprentice. But they were not crushed by misfortune. Shao Ping came out of the hospital and returned to the mine with confidence. What kind of life will he meet? Shuangshui Village, the center of People's Genealogy Story, belongs to Huangyuan District, Yuanxi County, Shigejie Commune (township) and Shuangshui Village Brigade (village) in Shaanxi Province. Two small rivers, Kuyan River and Dongla River, pass through the village, hence the name. The two rivers are connected, and Shuangshui Village is generally divided into two parts. On the east side of Hela River, Tian Jia Yi Lao is the first production team under Shuangshui Village Brigade. Living here are mainly Tian Jia and a few miscellaneous surnames who moved in from other places after liberation. Sun Jia: old grandmother, ill in bed for many years; Mr. and Mrs. Sun; (The eldest daughter Sun married Guanzi Village in Lincun, and the son-in-law Wang Manyin did not farm. After the land contract, she wandered for many years. ) The eldest son Sun Shaoan graduated from primary school, and his wife He Xiulian is from Shaanxi. (Sun Shaoan moved to Jinjiawan after he separated from his parents. ); The second son, Sun Shaoping, graduated from high school; The youngest daughter, Sun Lanxiang, 1982 was admitted to north china university of technology. Tian family: Tian, secretary of the Party branch of Shuangshui Village Brigade; Wife; Tian Runye, a female, was a childhood friend of Sun Shaoan. After graduating from high school, she taught in the former West County and later transferred to the Youth League Committee of Huangyuan District. Tian Zi Runsheng, a high school graduate, is with Sun Shaoping. Sun Yuting's family: Sun Yuting, Sun's younger brother, member of the Party branch of Shuangshui Village Brigade, captain of farmland infrastructure, and director of the Committee of poor secondary agricultural management schools; Wife He, director of women in the brigade; Three daughters, eldest daughter and grandson. Tian Haimin's family: Tian Haimin, accountant of the brigade and member of the Party branch; Wife yinhua. Near the other side of the crying river is Jinjiawan. Except for a few miscellaneous surnames, most of them live with Jin. Jin's three brothers: eldest brother Jin, wife, son, Jin Qiang, old mother Jin Laotai; Laoerjin is a member of the Party branch of the brigade, the second team leader and his wife. The third child, Jin Junbin, and his wife, Wang (after Jin Junbin "sacrificed", he remarried with the help of his mother). Jin, the landlord's three brothers: Lao Dajin, wife, three sledgehammers, two sledgehammers and three sledgehammers; The second child Jin Guangming works in the former West County Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and his wife Yao Shufen is a primary school teacher in Shuangshui Village. Old Jin Guanghui, wife Malai Hua. Jin Junshan's family: Jin Junshan, deputy secretary of the Party branch of the brigade, teacher and principal of Capital City and Shuangshui Village Primary School. Jin Junhai's family: Jin Junhai, the car driver of Huangyuan Regional Transportation Company; The wife farmed at home; Sun Shaoping's classmate and friend Zi Jinbo; Female Jin Xiu, Sun Lanxiang's classmate and good friend. Artistic characteristics describe the suffering, cruelty and humbleness of life, which is not the characteristic of Lu Yao. Many writers can do this. The ability to write the poverty and embarrassment of young people so naive, pure and even lovely is exactly what makes Lu Yao outstanding. Only by understanding the writer's poetic attitude towards poverty can we understand Lu Yao's works. What is commendable about Lu Yao is that when he became famous, he did not forget the sufferings of the past, but broke out his thoughts and thoughts in the past more violently, so he made such a leap from life to the ordinary world. He especially wants to transcend life itself, especially to explore the poetry of life beyond this meanness and bitterness. Then this kind of poetry once tenaciously supported his survival, and it was also the psychic treasure jade he created. Mr. Lu Yao said at the awarding ceremony of Mao Dun Literature Prize: "Our responsibility is not to write for ourselves or a few people, but to meet the spiritual needs of the broad masses of the people wholeheartedly. The working people of all ethnic groups in our country have created brilliant lives with magnificent history, and also nurtured writers and artists with her milk. The people are our mothers, life is the source of art, and the tree of people's life will last forever. If we live in its branches, we can't help singing for it. Only by not losing the feelings of ordinary workers can we grasp the mainstream of the social and historical process and create truly valuable works of art. "All these were said by Mr. Lu Yao, and he did it. All along, his works have deeply touched people's hearts and won the praise and admiration of readers from all walks of life, different ages and different educational levels. It is a miracle that Lu Yao, who grew up in poverty, finally showed his knowledge, thinking ability and creative achievements. It affected Lu Yao's death for more than ten years. It is obvious to all how much social changes have taken place in China in the past ten years. People pay more and more attention to reality. It should be said that there will be no publicity and hype, and they are willing to spend their energy on a writer who describes his past life and seems to have passed away. But for more than ten years, many people, especially many young people, are still reading Lu Yao's books silently. A youth daily made a survey and found that many young people still listed Ordinary World as the literary work that had the greatest influence on their lives. Besides, all this happened quietly. There is neither organization nor hype. It seems to prove once again that true respect always comes from silent reading. It's strange why the characters in Lu Yao's novels who wore clothes in the 1970s and 1980s and spoke the unique language of that era can impress today's young people. You know, society is changing so fast that it takes less than ten years between one generation and another. And now young people are very inclined to look for that kind of idol and excitement among their peers. A foreign scholar mentioned that he said that the prominence and persistence of a writer's works should be equated. Lu Yao is such a writer, and Ordinary World is immortal! Ordinary World is the painstaking work of Lu Yao. After the novel was written, the author could not even return to the real world from the book for a while, and even needed his brother's help when crossing the road. Before long, he died. However, his works have produced a huge shock wave. "Ordinary World" has been broadcast continuously in china national radio, and there is a phenomenon of queuing to buy this work in many cities. People also held various mourning activities for Lu Yao. Letters of condolence from all over the country are more than a foot thick. Like snowflakes, Shaanxi TV also filmed a feature film about Lu Yao. The key to the great influence of Lu Yao and Ordinary World lies in the high spirit of struggle in his works. "Life is a never-ending struggle! Only when you choose your goals and feel that your efforts have not been in vain in your struggle can your life be enriched and your spirit be forever young. " Chewing these words of wisdom makes people full of confidence and hope for life. In this sense, Lu Yao and his Ordinary World will never be forgotten. Labor is happy, no matter in which era. Ordinary World is telling us the true meaning of this life in black and white. It puts forward loudly that no matter where people are, no matter how poor they are, God is equal to them as long as they have a fiery heart and love life. Only by being a laborer and not taking misfortune as a burden can we be the master of life and experience life with sincere heart. After all, life only belongs to us once. This is a book written with life. Between the eternal earth and the desolate universe, there is an ordinary voice stirring. First of all, I was shocked by a well-known reading survey in the industry: 1978 to 1998, which was commissioned by the National Research Office of the Center for Ecological Environment Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the reading life and historical changes of the Chinese public since 1978. Although the scope of the survey is limited to Beijing, the survey results are considered to be of reference value to the national publishing industry. One of the surveys is about "the books that have had the greatest influence on respondents in the past 20 years". The survey method is divided into several time periods, and the respondents list the books that have the greatest influence on them in each time period according to their own memories. Such an investigation method will inevitably lead to some mistakes in memory, but it can best see the influence of books that have been really etched in readers' hearts after years of elutriation. According to the comprehensive statistics of the bibliographies listed by the respondents, the statistical results show that during the period of 1985- 1989, the top three books with personal influence were: Dream of Red Mansions, Jin Yong's works and Water Margin, and the only novel in the new period was Ordinary World (No.6544). During the period of 1990- 1992, the top three were Reader's Digest magazine, Jin Yong's works and A Dream of Red Mansions, and * * * there were five "new period" novels on the list, namely Ordinary World (No.65438 +03) and Jia Ping. During the period of 1993- 1998, the top three were economics books, China can say no, and reading magazines, and the ranking of Ordinary World obviously rose to the seventh place. Other "new period" novels on the list include: Zeng Guofan (No.17), on this basis, selected "the books that have the greatest influence on the respondents so far". The top three books are Dream of Red Mansions, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, How Steel was Tempered, and Ordinary World ranks sixth. Among the first 28 works published in the survey, no other contemporary novels since the "new period" were selected. Judging from the above survey results, this part of readers especially admire classics, including classics at all times and all over the world. Ordinary World can be said to be the only "contemporary classic" created by writers since the "new period".