陈忠实 (Chén Zhōngshí) · Chen Zhongshi

Meanings

1 Chen Zhongshi
2 Chinese novelist, author of White Deer Plain

About Chen Zhongshi

1942–2016 · 作家 writer

Shaanxi novelist whose 《白鹿原》 (1993), a saga of two rival families on the plain near Xi'an over half a century, won the 茅盾文学奖 and was made into a film and a TV series.

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HSK 5

陈忠实是陕西作家的代表人物。

Chén Zhōngshí shì Shǎnxī zuòjiā de dàibiǎo rénwù.

Chen Zhongshi is a leading figure among Shaanxi writers.

HSK 7-9

陈忠实的《白鹿原》是中国当代文学经典。

Chén Zhōngshí de 《 Báilùyuán 》 shì Zhōngguó dāngdài wénxué jīngdiǎn.

Chen Zhongshi's White Deer Plain is a classic of contemporary Chinese literature.

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culture

While writing 白鹿原 he said he wanted a book to 垫棺作枕, 'put under my head in my coffin', after the Guanzhong custom of burying the dead with something under the head. The phrase has stuck to the novel ever since.