"The talented son of the south, the general of the north, the loess of Shaanxi buried the emperor." Nowadays, on the land of Qinchuan for eight hundred miles, many writers with national popularity have come out in a steady stream. Among them, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongzhong, and Jia Pingwa are known as the "three masters" of Shaanxi's literary circles, also known as the "troika".
Since the 1970s, these three great figures in the Shaanxi literary circles have created a number of outstanding literary works that have influenced hundreds of millions of readers. So, who among them has the greatest literary achievements?
In fact, the so-called "Wu Wu second, Wen Wu first." Literary achievement is a multi-dimensional thing, and it is difficult to judge by fixed standards. If you must judge, you may wish to use some specific things, such as awards, the number of creations, book sales, film and television adaptations, etc. to make a simple comparison.
The first is the award.
There are two literary awards of the highest level in China. One is the Mao Dun Literature Award, and the other is the Lu Xun Literature Award.
In terms of the Mao Dun Literature Award, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongzhong, and Jia Pingwa have all won this award. In 1991, Lu Yao won the 3rd Mao Dun Literature Award for his realistic masterpiece "Ordinary World", and was the first writer in the "Three Masters" of Shaanxi Literature to win this award. Six years later, in 1997, Chen Zhongzhong won the 4th Mao Dun Literature Award for "White Deer Plain". In 2008, Jia Pingwa won the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award for "Qin Cavity".
In terms of the Lu Xun Literature Award, only Jia Pingwo won the Third Lu Xun Literature Award in 2005 with "Selected Essays of Jia Pingwo". Lu Yao and Chen Zhongzhong have not won the Lu Xun Literature Award, but only won the predecessor of the Lu Xun Literature Award, the National Outstanding Novella Novella Award and the National Excellent Short Story Award. In view of the fact that Jia Pingwo has also won the National Outstanding Novella Novella Award, the National Outstanding Short Story Award, and won the French Fermina Literature Award, it is slightly better in terms of awards.
The second is the number of creations.
In the "three masters" of shaanxi literary circles, Chen Zhongzhong was the oldest and the earliest to embark on the road of writing. As early as 1965, Chen Zhongzhong began to publish his works. At that time, Jia Pingwo and Lu Yao were still students. However, there are not many works by Chen Zhongzhong. Except for one "White Deer Plain", he only wrote a few short and medium stories in his lifetime, and there were only a few.
Although Lu Yao died young, the output of literary creation was higher than that of Chen Zhongzhong. In addition to publishing "Ordinary World", he also published a number of short and medium stories, essays and poems, and he also personally adapted the famous work "Life" into a film literary script.
However, the works of Chen Zhongzhong and Lu Yao are not as good as Jia Pingwa.
Jia Pingwa is a writer known for his "high productivity". Since his publications began in 1973, In the past 40 years, Ricardin has written 17 novels alone, more than 30 novellas and short stories, and several other essay collections. Today, Jia Pingwa is already a person in his seventies, and he still has a strong energy and continues to create excellent works, which is praised.
In terms of the number of creations, Jia Pingwo won again.
Next up are book sales.
Lu Yao, Chen Zhongzhong, and Jia Pingwa are all well-known writers in the country, and the books they publish are basically not worried about selling.
For Lu Yao, his most successful work is of course "Ordinary World". Since the novel came out, it has won him a huge reputation. In 1986, "Ordinary World" was first published, and it has been popular for more than 30 years since then. Wang Shuhong, the responsible editor of this novel, said that "Ordinary World" is the most sold and widely influential work among the award-winning works of the Mao Dun Literature Award, which has been published for more than 30 years, reprinted more than 200 times, and sold more than 20 million copies, which has profoundly affected generations of young readers in China, especially in recent years, "Ordinary World" has maintained annual sales of more than 3 million copies.
Chen Zhongzhong's most famous work is "White Deer Plain". How did "White Deer Plain" sell? According to public data, since the first publication of "White Deer Plain" in 1993, the cumulative sales figure of the genuine version is 1.5 million copies. So far, "White Deer Plain" has been reprinted in 50,000-100,000 copies per year.
Jia Pingwa is a prolific writer, publishing many books, and the number of sales is naturally very high. So far, One of Jia Pingwa's best-selling works is "Waste Capital". After the publication of "Abandoned Capital" in 1993, more than 12 million copies were sold in two years, including genuine and pirated copies.
In addition, Jia Pingwa's "Impetuous", "Shangzhou", "Remembering the Wolf", "Qin Cavity" and other books are all bestsellers on the market, with sales of more than one million. In recent years, the sales of pure literature books have become less and less, but Jia Pingwa's new books still maintain sales of hundreds of thousands of copies.
In terms of sales, Lu Yao and Jia Pingwo have obvious advantages.
Finally, there is the film and television drama adaptation.
The first writer in the "Three Masters" of the Shaanxi literary circle to be adapted into a film and television drama was Lu Yao. In 1982, Lu Yao published "Life", which won the 1981-1982 National Excellent Novella Award, and two years later, "Life" was adapted into a film of the same name. Lu Yao's other masterpiece, "Ordinary World", has been twice adapted into a TV series, and has also been adapted into a drama, radio drama and so on.
Chen Zhongzhong's work "White Deer Plain" is also a "hot commodity" in the film and television drama market. In 2012, Chen's loyal Shaanxi compatriot Wang Quan'an made "White Deer Plain" into a movie and released it. In 2017, Chen Zhongzhong, another Shaanxi compatriot Liu Jin, made "White Deer Plain" into a TV series and released it. In addition, "White Deer Plain" has been adapted into dramas, stage plays, and broadcasting bureaus many times.
Strangely enough, Jia Pingwo wrote many novels, but none of them were adapted into film and television dramas. In 2009, there was news of the TV series adaptation of "Qin Cavity", but it has only been heard of thunder and no rain.
In terms of adapting film and television dramas, Lu Yao and Chen Zhongzhong overpowered Jia Pingwa, which is beyond doubt.