Chen Zhongshi’s representative works

"White Deer Plain" This novel is a majestic epic of 50 years of changes in the Weihe Plain. It is a long, colorful and shocking scroll of China's rural areas.

This is a majestic epic of 50 years of changes in the Weihe Plain, a long, colorful and shocking scroll of China's rural areas. The protagonist marries and mourns six times, and the mysterious prelude heralds ominousness. Two generations of a family have been fighting for the rule of Bailuyuan for generations, and staged scenes of thrilling dramas; cleverly exploiting feng shui, evil traps, filial sons becoming gangsters, relatives killing their wives, brothers defrauding each other, lovers turning against each other... …The Great Revolution, the Japanese invasion, three years of civil war, Bailuyuan was ups and downs, the royal flags were changing, family feuds and national hatreds were intertwined, and grievances were retaliated from generation to generation... The ancient land was trembling in the throes of new life.

Bai Jiaxuan later became proud of having married seven women in his life. After the death of Mrs. Hu, the woman in the sixth house, her mother, Mrs. Bai Zhao, still insisted that Mrs. Hu was just a worn-out piece of window paper, and if she tore it off, she should re-paste it with a good one as soon as possible.

On his way to invite Mr. Yin Yang, he accidentally discovered the legendary white deer. Bai Jiaxuan used the strategy of retreating first and advancing later, and with the help of Mr. Leng, he found the Lu family's feng shui treasure land. Then he moved his father's grave.

The seventh wedding night. Jiaxuan looked at Wu Nu and lay down. The warm breath is as refreshing as the fragrance of roses. The coldness in my heart is gradually driven out, and an uncontrollable thirst arises. He plucked up the courage to reach out and take her into his arms, caressing her neck, plump shoulders and most tempting breasts. She accepted it silently, without panic or resistance. She trembled slightly in his arms, and her breath became rapid. Encouraged, he stretched his hand towards his abdomen, but he touched an unlucky little mallet. The fierce grass jelly ripped off the six mallets on his belt one by one. He took off his tight vest with a bang, and the two men Her breasts fluttered out of the nest like two white doves. She wiped off her shorts and lay naked on the kang, saying, "Even if I die when I get up tomorrow morning, I'm willing to do it!"

Bai Jiaxuan married his first wife from the mountains. Seven women brought back poppy seeds at the same time. The huge profits from poppy cultivation are more tempting than the aroma of opium. A complete courtyard house is firmly entrenched in the alley of Bailu Village with its attractive and majestic appearance. In the spring of this year, when the first buds of poppies were blooming, Mr. Zhu from Bailu Academy ordered his oxen and plow to destroy Bai Jiaxuan's poppies. What Mr. Zhu did instantly shocked Bailuyuan. In just ten days, all the poppies that were blooming in Kawahara were plowed up.

A year after the marriage, a sharp cry of a baby came from the bed in this small wing. Xiancao enjoyed the meticulous service of her mother-in-law, Bai Zhaoshi, with peace of mind. A full month of confinement. After the second child was born and named Muleju, the relationship in the family changed fundamentally. The sudden prosperity in wealth caused by the successful introduction of opium poppies and the prosperity in population brought about by the birth of two sons have completely eliminated the shadows and bad luck in the minds of the Bai family's mother and son. She was in confinement for the eighth time and gave birth to Bai Ling!

Legend has it that another year there is a fire in the dog days. Fireballs as big as copper basins and as small as peas pour down. Houses are burned to ashes. People, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and dogs are all scorched, and there is no way to save them. Naturally, no one escaped was spared; the sacred axis and rafters and purlins in the ancestral hall were reduced to ashes, and the history of the village became blank once again. As for the locusts becoming sperm and the epidemic spreading, it has become a minor disaster and not worth talking about. The old man living in Bailu Village today calmly said that the number of households in this village will never exceed 200, and the population will never exceed 1,000. If it exceeds, disaster will befall. Later, a very thoughtful patriarch came out of this village. He proposed to change the original Houjia Village (also known as Hujia Village) to Bailu Village, and decided to change the surname at the same time. The two old brothers of the Hou family (or Hu family) wanted to take advantage of all the auspiciousness of Bailu, and they agreed that the eldest member of the clan would bear the surname Bai. The children and grandchildren of the second child all belong to the surname Lu; it is a rule that the two surnames Bailu and Bailu worship together in the same ancestral hall. They have always maintained the blood ties of the same roots and species. The eldest son, who changed his surname to Shiro, and the second son, who changed his surname to Lu, set a rule when they first built the ancestral hall. The clan leader would be inherited by the descendants of Nagato Shiro.

Bai Jiaxuan walked into the yard of Lu Zilin's house with a detailed plan to restore the ancestral hall. The project to renovate the ancestral hall has begun. Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin took charge separately. After the summer harvest this year, the school started.

The five main halls are dedicated to the statues of the descendants of the two surnames of Bailu, and the three buildings in the west serve as schools. Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin agreed to go to Bailu Academy to find Mr. Zhu and ask him to recommend one. A gentleman with good knowledge and moral character. Mr. Zhu recommended Xu Xiucai from Xujiayuan east of Bailuyuan. Bai Jiaxuan's two sons also had scientific names. The colt was named Bai Xiaowen and the mule colt was named Bai Xiaowu. Naturally, they sat inside. Lu Zilin's two sons, Lu Zhaopeng and Lu Zhaohai, also transferred from Shenhe Village back to the village school. Under Bai Jiaxuan's persuasion, Lu San allowed Hei Wa to enter the school.

As soon as Lu Zilin took office, he built the first security center in Bailucang, Zishui County. The First Guarantee Institute was successfully established and a grand celebration was held. Lu Zilin first invited his immediate boss, Zongxiang Yuetian Fuxian, and also invited officials from the ten villages under the jurisdiction of the First Security Post-the clan heads of each village, including Bai Jiaxuan.

In the more than a year before and after the "handover to farmers" incident, the provisions of the "Township Covenant" were relaxed, and a gambling den actually appeared in the village. The owner of the den was Bai Xing'er of the village. Bai Jiaxuan called Bai Xing'er and others to the locust tree in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. They tied the eight hands to the locust tree with a hemp rope, and then beat them with a dry jujube thorn brush. The eight people's voices were thick and thin. They cried together. The five losers were untied and kowtowed on the ground: "Master Jiaxuan (uncle), I will never..." Bai Jiaxuan scolded with a cold face: "Get up! Do you eight remember this? Remember? Who dares to believe it! Bring the pot over here---" Several people brought over a large iron pot with boiling water just set on firewood. Bai Jiaxuan said: "Whoever said they put their hands in after writing it down, I believe it." The losers gritted their teeth and put their hands into the boiling water. They were immediately burned and jumped around in the yard swinging their hands. Bai Xing'er and the two winners also put their hands into the boiling water pot, and it was so hot that they couldn't help but cry "Daddy" or "Mother". Bai Jiaxuan said: "Let me tell you, if you can't remember it and you bet again, next time it won't be boiling water but frying oil!"

On New Year's Eve this year, Bai Jiaxuan ground the ink, cut out red paper, and asked Xiaowen to Xiaowu, Bai Ling and the other three each wrote a couplet: "Whoever writes the best will post it on the door." Naturally, it was Bai Ling who came to the limelight. During the Spring Festival, the second sister and the cobbler's second brother-in-law came with their two daughters to pay New Year's greetings. , the two nieces openly allowed Lingling to go to school in the city. Bai Ling said: "Dad! It's time for me to go to the city to study." Bai Jiaxuan said coldly to Bai Ling for the first time: "You have studied enough. If you don't go to the city, Bai Ling suddenly disappeared ten days later. Bai Jiaxuan When I found the cobbler's brother-in-law's house in the city, Bai Ling and his two cousins ​​were returning from school with their schoolbags on their shoulders. Bai Ling said, "Dad! If you force me to go back, I will die for you! "As he said that, he grabbed a pair of large iron scissors used by cobblers to resharpen leather and put it on his neck. Bai Jiaxuan returned to where he started without saying a word.

Hei Wa went out to work, but he was lured back to Juren's home. Xiao'e, the young wife, returned to Bailu Village. After being rejected by the Bailu family, they moved into a collapsed cave dwelling at the east end of the village.

A group of soldiers marched into Bailuyuan and stationed. In Bailucang, the headquarters of Tian Fuxian Township, Platoon Leader Yang used the black barrel of his gun and said to Bai Jiaxuan: "Go back to the village immediately and beat the gong for me. If you dare to say no again, I will break your legs and make you crawl on your feet. "As he spoke, he pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet: "Do you want to taste the peanuts? "Bai Jiaxuan knocked the gong. All the men, women, and children in Bailu Village were shouted to the big field outside the ancestral hall. Platoon Leader Yang spoke, and the rule for requisitioning grain is one dou per acre, regardless of whether it is water or dry land, let alone " "The right time, the right place and the right people" were allocated to six levels. Heiwa was inspired by Zhaopeng and burned down Bailucang at night.

Mr. Zhu returned to Bailu Academy and organized a nine-member county chronicle compilation team. Bai Jiaxuan was in the Crow Soldier On the fifth day after escaping, at rooster crow time, I got up and went out to visit my precious daughter Lingling who was studying in the city, only to find her and Lu Zhaohai together. Lu Zhaohai was filling in the besieged city with guns and bombs. When Lu Zhaohai was about to be discharged from the hospital, the English teacher from the school came to visit him and formally informed him: "You have been admitted. I am a member of the Communist Party of China. Bai Ling took out Yin's copper coin and handed it to Lu Zhaohai. Lu Zhaohai stroked it in his hand for a while, then handed it to Bai Ling and said, "Keep it well." While the two were giving in, Mr. English rolled his curious eyes: "A love token?" Lu Zhaohai and Bai Ling both blushed, but strongly denied it: "No, it has more profound meaning." "At the same time, Lu Zhaopeng joined the Communist Party. Instigated by Zhaopeng, Heiwa caused a "wind and snow" in Bailuyuan, smashed the ancestral hall and arrested Tian Fuxian.

Bai Ling went home to visit relatives, and when she came into contact with Lu Zhaopeng, she left the impression that Lu Zhaopeng was a piece of furniture that had already been formed, while Lu Zhaohai was still a newly felled log. , Lu Zhaopeng is already a sharp ax and Lu Zhaohai is still a piece of iron. He can be called an admirable big brother in all aspects.

Chiang Kai-shek instigated the "April 12" coup, and the Kuomintang split. Lu Zhaohai believed that the Kuomintang was his choice, but Bai Ling switched to the Communist Party. There was a rift in the relationship between the two. Lu Zhaopeng, Hei Wa and others began a life of escape. After Brigadier Xi watched Heiwa's shooting competition, he transferred him to the brigade security platoon. After the team was broken up, Heiwa hurriedly became the bandit's "second thumb". During the robbery, he instigated his subordinates to discount Bai Jiaxuan. He straightened his back and killed Lu Taihuan. Tian Fuxian set up a trap to capture Heiwa. Xiao'e went to Lu Zilin to save Heiwa, and Lu Zilin took the opportunity to "climb into the ashes". But Bai Jiaxuan disturbed his interest. In order to retaliate, he instigated Xiao'e to seduce Bai Xiaowen. The younger generation truly became "human" under Xiao'e's "education". Bai Xiaowen tore off his mask after being tortured and finally showed up in front of Xiao'e. Showed his strength and vigor.

An unusual New Year's Eve came to Bailuyuan. Famine is caused by drought. Bai Jiaxuan led the villagers to cut down the gods to collect water. I pray that the rain will not fall, but the cold will come! When this famine was just destined to come in the early winter of the first year, hunger and death piled up. After the separation of the family, Bai Xiaowen sold the land due to unbearable hunger. Du Yin was forced to sell the house and became a beggar.

Lu Zilin, who originally wanted Bai Xiaowen to "appear", inadvertently gave him a new life. After only one month at the Zishui County Security Brigade, Xiaowen's body recovered and his confidence returned. He was the first After a while, he went to repay his benefactors Tian Fuxian and Lu Zilin who showed him a way to survive, and planned to give the remaining money to Xiao'e, but Xiao'e died mysteriously! As soon as Hei Wa learned the news of Xiao'e's murder, the first thing that came to his mind was Lu Zilin's face with deep eye sockets and a slender nose. Just when Hei Wa was about to kill Bai Jiaxuan, Lu San uttered a sentence - I killed the person.

Mr. Zhu resumed the long-interrupted compilation of county chronicles due to famine relief, and the once-deserted Bailu Academy once again took on a peaceful literary atmosphere. The fatigue and dust of traveling around have long since disappeared, but the terrifying shadow caused by hunger still lingers in his heart. From time to time, the scene of desperate crowding in front of the porridge pot in the restaurant is shown in front of his eyes. Despite this, the desire to do desk work still surges in his heart. Eager and angry.

Bai Ling's radical behavior soon made her a backbone of the party. At this time, she fell in love with Lu Zhaopeng. When Lu Zhaohai came to his brother's house to pick up his sister-in-law, he found out that she had already Pregnant Ghost! Bai Ling escaped to the Nanliang base area under Zhaohai's cover. However, during the purge movement, he was "purged" and buried alive.

Bailuyuan once again fell into a devastating disaster. An unprecedented plague spread in all villages, large or small, in the original land. All people in all villages, men and women, old people and children, poor and rich, were trembling in this irresistible catastrophe. The first person in Bailu Village to be devoured by the plague was Lu San’s woman, Lu Huishi, but Xiancao seemed very calm. After she pooped green shit in the afternoon, she concluded that her death was inevitable. Lu San was possessed by Xiao'e, and the upright patriarch built the Demon Suppression Tower against all opinions, and the plague finally stopped.

Lu Zilin has been in a spiritual crisis for a long time. The moment Lu Zilin caught a glimpse of County Magistrate Hao who was publicly shot, he had an hallucination before his eyes. The person tied up with hemp was not Magistrate Hao, but his son Lu Zhaopeng.

Bai Xiaowen finally got his father's promise from his eldest uncle, Mr. Zhu, and was ready to recognize him as his son and tolerate his return to his original life. Bai Xiaowen began to enter a good situation in life, and was promoted to the commander of the first battalion, responsible for the security and defense within the county city wall, and became the commander of the imperial army of Zishui County. His name soon became legendary in the streets and alleys of the county; being noticed and legendary was an honor in itself, showing that this man with a pair of stern eyes began to influence the social politics and life order of Zishui. ..., just when Bai Jiaxuan received glory and psychological compensation from the enthusiastic response of his tribe, his mood was disturbed by the soldiers who came to search for Bai Ling.

Mr. Zhu’s county chronicle compilation project is coming to an end, and he is unable to do anything due to financial constraints. Mr. Zhu couldn’t help but utter a curse word: “It’s harder to spend two dollars to do serious things than to cut a muscle!” Mr. Zhu asked a group of literati to join the army, but unexpectedly discovered that the obituary of Lu Zhaohai who died in Zhongtiao Mountain was false.

The news that the largest group of bandits in Zishui County had surrendered to the security group caused a sensation in the county. Lu Zhaoqian, the famous name of Lu Hei Wa, became public for the first time in the county. Heiwa was appointed as the battalion commander, married a wife, and began to transform into a thoughtful person. He returned to his hometown to visit relatives and was accepted by the family again. But Lu San died in loneliness. Hei Wa accepted Lu Zhaopeng's advice and turned against the general, but still died under the butcher's knife of the purge villain. Mr. Zhu's words in the grave have become a mystery that the rebels can never solve.

Lu Zilin re-hired long-term workers and redeemed the land sold by the woman while he was in prison, and his family began to strengthen. But when he shot Yue Weishan, Tian Fuxian and Lu Heiwa, he became dementia. Bai Jiaxuan watched Lu Zilin dig out a large piece of wet soil and throw the cut goat's milk vines into a pile. He suddenly remembered that he had used Lu Zilin's slow slope land as a cover for selling land to build a cemetery. His son Xiaowen was the county magistrate. , perhaps it is the result of the nurturing of this Feng Shui treasure land. He leaned down, leaning on the crutches with both hands, staring into Lu Zilin's eyes and said: "Zilin, I can't help you. I will do this one shameful thing in my life, and I will repay your debt and make up for it in the next life. ."

Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" is one of the important achievements of Chinese novel creation in the 1990s, and can reflect the highest level of novel art in that period. If we consider this work within the overall pattern of Chinese literature in the 20th century, both in terms of its ideological capacity and its aesthetic realm, it has a unique and irreplaceable position. Compared with those famous works, "White Deer Plain" should be said to be unique.

"Novel is considered the secret history of a nation." The author Chen Zhongshi used Balzac's famous saying as the title of the novel to express his ambition and artistic pursuit in creating this novel. As a witness to Chinese history on the eve of liberation at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Bailuyuan can be regarded as a microcosm of the development of national history. From a political and cultural perspective, its social structure includes the reactionary forces of the Kuomintang represented by Tian Fuxian and Yue Weishan, the revolutionary forces of the Communist Party represented by Lu Zhaopeng and Bai Ling, and the revolutionary forces of the Communist Party represented by Lu Zhaoqian (Hei Wa). The armed peasant bandits are represented by thumbs. From the perspective of folk culture, there are patriarchal family groups represented by Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin, and there are spiritual leaders of Bailuyuan represented by Mr. Zhu. Class conflicts, family disputes, and competition for profit and lust are intertwined and intertwined, forming the "secret history of the nation" in Bailuyuan for more than half a century. (See Wang Zhongsheng's "People and History, History and People - Re-evaluation of Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain"", "Literary Theory and Criticism", Issue 6, 1993)

The author once said that this novel is His own artistic experience and artistic ability to show "the history of this nation's survival and this kind of life experience of people." Throughout the book, we will find that the cultural factors that restrict and influence the behavior of the people in Bailuyuan are as follows: Patriarchal clan Concepts, sex, power, prophecies.