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An Outward Journey
The man who
is working is the happiest one in the world, no
matter
in which period. That?s a truth
the book ordinary world wants to tell
us. It?s loudly gives out the slogan,
as a human, despair the position,
as
long as you have a burning heart, you will beloved
by the life.
Everybody in the world
should love their work. One can be ordinary,
but can not be mediocre. Only be a
worker, and use one?s sincere
heart to
taste the life and experience, can we truly being
alive. We
have only one life. This is a
book written by life. There is a kind of
ordinary sound flood in the earth and
universe.
Lu Yao, born Wang Weiguo,
(1949-1992) was a Chinese writer. He
was born on December 3, 1949, and died
on November 17, 1992.
His most famous
work is the novel Ordinary World, which won the
Mao Dun Literature Prize. He was a
native in northwest country. As
born in
a poor peasant family in yulin city Shangxi
province, he had
a kind of unique
understanding of the country life and the special
relationships among the peasants. He
had ever been a temporary
teacher,
which was similar to the character in his book. At
first, he
had several works, but not
very influential. Until 1988, he finished
the most important work in his life-
ordinary world, then he became
famous
and just by this book,he ascended into the first-
rate writers.
His book also been called
as a panoramic encyclopaedia of
Chinese
country culture. His works usually focus on the
country
life ,but not only country
life. He was good at adding the young
people
’
s life
into his work. He thought the young generation is
stand for the hope and future of China
country. He used the twists
and turns
in the young generation
’
s
love life to reflect their values.
The
book?s
time
span
lasts
from
the
1975
to
1985,
the
turbulent
years
in
Chinese
history.
The
story
happened
in
a
small
village
called Shuangshui village. Almost the
whole book is describe the
life
and
people
in
Shuangshui
village.
During
that
ten
years,
the
Cultural Revolution has came to an end,
Deng Xiaoping came into
power,a
new
mode
of
production--
household
contract
responsibility
system
with
remuneration
linked
to
output(
家庭联产
承包责任制
) has came out. All of
these changes lead to the happen
of the
story. Shungshui village and it?s people is just
like a miniature
picture of the whole
China and it?s people. The book
i
ncluded every
aspect
of
the
society
that
time.
Lu
Yao
wanted
to
use
a
kind
of
realism style of writing
to draw the outline of a great social picture
scroll. In the scroll, everyone in
different stratum is lifelike in both
characters and features. This is an
important point, because of Lu
Yao
?s
consummate
novel
skill
and
the
deadly
serious
writing
attitude, this novel turned into one of
the best teacher aids of that
period
history.