On April 29, 2016 (March 23, 2016 in the lunar calendar), Chen Zhongshi, author of "White Deer Plain", died of illness in Xi'an. Data Map: Chen Zhongshi At around 7:40 on April 29, 2016, Chen Zhongshi, winner of the famous writer Mao Dun Literature Award, died of illness at Xi'an Xijing Hospital at the age of 73. "White Deer Plain" is Chen Zhongshi's famous work. Other representative works include the collection of short stories "The Country" and "Behind the Old Poplar Trees". Chen Zhongshi is a famous contemporary writer in China and vice chairman of China Writers Association. "Bai Lu Yuan" is his famous work. Other representative works include the collection of short stories "The Country","Behind the Old Poplar Tree", and the collection of literary theory "A Talk on Creation and Feelings". Collection of novelettes "Early Summer","Four Sisters","Selected Collection of Chen Zhongshi's Novels","Selected Works of Chen Zhongshi", collection of essays "Farewell to the White Dove", etc. In 1997, he won the Mao Dun Literature Award. Among them,"Bai Lu Yuan" was included in the "Must Read for College Students" series by the Ministry of Education. More than 1.6 million copies have been distributed and has been adapted into various art forms such as Qin Opera, drama, dance drama, and film. On December 15, 2006, the "2006 First China Writers Rich List" was released. Chen Zhongshi ranked 13th on the list of rich writers with a royalties income of 4.55 million yuan, attracting widespread attention. 1959.09--1962.09, a student at No. 34 Middle School in Xi'an City. 1962.09--1964.08, teacher at Jiangcun Primary School in Baling Township, Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1964.08--1968.08, teacher at Maoxi Agricultural Middle School in the suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1968.08--1968.11, teacher at Dongli School in the suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1968.11--1978.07, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Revolutionary Committee of Maoxi Commune, a suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1978.07--1980.02, deputy director of the Suburban Cultural Center in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1980.02--1982.11, deputy director of the Cultural Bureau and deputy director of the Cultural Center of Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. 1982.11--1985.07, professional writer of the Shaanxi Province Writers Association. 1985.07--1993.04, Vice Chairman and Party Member of the Shaanxi Province Writers Association. 1993.04--1996.12, Chairman and Party Member of the Writers Association of Shaanxi Province. 1996.12--2001.12, member of the Fifth National Committee of China Writers Association, chairman and member of the Party Leadership Group of Shaanxi Province Writers Association. 2001.12 So far, he is the Vice Chairman of the Sixth and Fifth Sessions of China Writers Association, Chairman and Member of the Party Leadership Group of Shaanxi Province Writers Association. Representative of the 13th and 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, alternate member of the 7th and 8th Committees of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, member of the fifth session of China Writers Association, Vice Chairman of China Writers Association, Dean of the School of Humanities of Xi'an Siyuan University, Honorary Director of the Academic Committee of Xi'an Shiyou University, and Director of the Chen Zhongshi Contemporary Literature Research Center of Xi'an University of Technology. Chen Zhongshi was born in rural areas. He first worked as a teacher in rural primary and secondary schools, and later worked in the district cultural department for four years. The most important thing was that he worked in the commune for ten years. At that time, he did not experience life as a writer, but worked as a commune cadre. Those ten years were the most important period for his experience, understanding and accumulation of life in rural China. His understanding and feeling of the peasant world laid the most solid foundation for his later creations. The biggest characteristic of Chen Zhongshi's early writing was that the various colors of daily life in rural areas were particularly realistic and full of strong aesthetic feeling in his writing. He grew up on the plains of his hometown, thinking, persevering, breaking through, and cultivating. At the turn of spring and summer in 1983, Chen Zhongshi was transferred to the Shaanxi Province Writers Association. His identity as a professional writer allowed him to spend his time freely, so he simply decided to bring his bedding from the town and return to his hometown in the countryside to devote himself to creation. He read and wrote novels in his ancestral home. This old house can be said to be a starting point in his literary writing and spiritual life. Regarding the writing of "White Deer Plain", Chen Zhongshi said: "I have to lock myself in the room when I am writing. The characters here seem to be moving around me. If anyone comes in the room, those characters will scare away, I won't be able to write a word." Chen Zhongshi lived in a small farmhouse for ten years, and he did not return to Xi'an until the publication of "White Deer Plain". "White Deer Plain" has been a success! Chen Zhongshi is like a wise old farmer telling the changes of the years, showing his atmosphere and strong regional style. Since then,"White Deer Plain" has sold more than one million copies in an annual volume of 50,000 to 100,000 copies, which is very rare in my country's contemporary literary world. Readers who often read Chen Zhongshi will find that at the end of every article Chen Zhongshi often signs the words "Yuanxia" and "Erfuzhuang" in his hometown. Even when he wrote articles in the Writers Association compound, he attached the words "Yu Yongcun" or "Yongcun", and he never used the names of streets, alleys or units. The reason is that he is still subconsciously close to the countryside; Although he has lived in the city for many years, he refuses to use any street, road, or alley as the writing place at the end of the article, and is happy to attach the names of villages, etc.; this kind of affinity and rejection is a natural behavior of the subconscious and even unconscious. Listening to Chen Zhongshi's narration, I felt that he was a person: life is simple, but he can understand the truth everywhere; his language is simple, but he can always hit the nail in one sentence. He can describe his understanding of life in the simplest and intuitive language: "What are you most afraid of when you are halfway steamed? I am most afraid of lifting the lid of the pot. Because when the lid of the pot is lifted, the gas will be relieved, so the steamed buns will be born." The reason why Chen Zhongshi was successful was not only because he had extraordinary talent, but also because he had a spirit of hardship that ordinary people couldn't match. Before writing "White Deer Plain", he could spend two years looking for information and another four years writing. How many people could achieve such perseverance and persistence? Therefore, the success of "White Deer Plain" is not an accident, but the result of Chen Zhongshi's accumulated efforts. And his old, sophisticated and keen writing skills can arouse our in-depth thinking.