《沧桑》的作者，是很熟悉农村生活的。小说以一个村庄的故事为线索，概括了自“大跃进”至改革开放初期，近三十年间中国农村的风云变幻。虽说构成主要情节的背景，已经成了历史，但其中所含的意蕴，对今天的读者，依然具有启示意义。比如，一个革命者，特别是党的各级领导干 The author of “vicissitudes of life” is very familiar with rural life. The novel cites the story of a village and summarizes the changing situation of rural China in the recent three decades since the Great Leap Forward and the beginning of the reform and opening up period. Although the background that constitutes the main plot has become history, the implication contained in it remains of revelation for today’s readers. For example, a revolutionary, especially a party leader at all levels