刘醒龙获第八届茅盾文学奖的长篇小说《天行者》(2009)实际上是对其成名作中篇小说《凤凰琴》(1992)的续写与改写。类似的例子除刘醒龙本人的《痛失》(2001)与《分享艰难》(1996)之外,在中国现当代文学史上其实还有不少,例如张爱玲的《怨女》(1966)与《金锁记》(1943),铁凝的《笨花》(2005)与《棉花垛》(1989),莫言的《四十一炮》(2003)与《野骡子》(1999),等等。单就艺术的完满性而论,在上述每一组作品中, Liu Xinglong The novelist Skywalker (2009), winner of the Eighth Mao Dun Literature Prize, is in fact the continuation and rewriting of his famous novella, The Phoenix (1992). Similar examples include Liu Xinyong’s “Painful Loss” (2001) and “Difficulties in Sharing Difficulties” (1996). There are actually quite a few facts in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature such as Zhang Yuanling’s “Duanyan” (1966) and “Jin Locke ”(1943), Tie Ning’s“ Stupid Flower ”(2005) and“ The Cotton Duck ”(1989), Mo Yan’s“ 41 Shot ”(2003) and“ Wild Mule ”(1999) and so on. As far as the perfection of art is concerned, in each of the above-mentioned series of works,