《天命》是石竹倾心所作的一部长篇小说。《天命》写西北关中农村的一个家族的兴衰。家族命运与民族近百年变迁,尤其和共和国半个世纪的发展紧密相连。家族的人物和生活浸润着九嵕山、泔泉河这方高天厚土的厚重历史文化积淀和浓重风俗民情。《天命》 “Heavenly Destiny” is a novel written by Dianmu. “Destiny” wrote the rise and fall of a family in northwest Guanzhong rural areas. The fate of the family and the vicissitudes of the nation in recent centuries have been closely linked with the development of the republic for half a century. The characters and life of the family are infiltrated with the heavy historical and cultural heritage and heavy customs and sentiment of Jiuyi Mountain and Quanquan River. “Destiny”