“达则兼济天下 ,穷则独善其身”是中国传统文人人生范式的完整表达。本文认为 ,程贤章长篇小说《围龙》塑造的客家人形象以一种开拓创生的文化品格突破了中国传统文人的人生范式 ,而这种开拓创生的文化品格既解释了中国文化的生生不息 ,也解释了改革开放以来广东经济文化的繁荣发展 “Tathagata and the world economy, poor are alms” is a complete expression of the Chinese traditional literati life paradigm. This article argues that the Hakka image created by Cheng’s novel “Wai Long” broke through the paradigm of life of Chinese traditional literati with a kind of pioneering and creating culture. This kind of pioneering and creating cultural character not only explained the growth of Chinese culture, Interest rates also explained the prosperity and development of Guangdong’s economy and culture since the reform and opening up