陈忠实是中国当代著名的优秀作家。他生于关中塬上,长于塬上,创作于塬上。他20世纪60年代开始文学创作,1979年短篇小说《信任》获得了全国优秀作品奖,引起了文坛的关注。陈忠实关注塬上农民生活、命运和精神,并从文化层面揭示人性的复杂,创作了大量塬上题材的作品。到他成熟期创作出了《白鹿原》,这部反映关中农村生活的小说被认为是当代优秀的历史小说。他小说成就的取得和他的“根脉”意识的觉醒密不可分。 Chen Zhongshi is a famous contemporary outstanding writer in China. He was born in the Guanzhong plateau, grows on the plateau, is created on the plateau. He began his literary creation in the 1960s, and his short story “Trust” in 1979 won the National Award for Excellent Works, arousing the attention of the literary world. Chen loyally paid attention to the peasants’ life, destiny and spirit in the plateau and revealed the complexity of human nature from the cultural aspect and created a large number of works on the theme of the plateau. By his maturity, he created “White Deer Plain,” a novel reflecting the rural life in Guanzhong, regarded as a contemporary historical novel. The achievement of his novels is inseparable from the awakening of his “root ” consciousness.