2012年10月15日,《辽沈晚报》B08版刊有莫言先生《说说福克纳老头》一文,其中说:“……我应该高举起‘高密东北乡’这面大旗,把那里的土地、河流、树木、庄稼、花鸟虫鱼、痴男浪女、地痞流氓、刁民泼妇、英雄好汉……统统写进我的小说,创建一个文学的共和国。当然我就是这个共和国开国的皇帝,这里的 On October 15, 2012, ”Liao Shen Evening News“ B08 was published by Mr. Mo Yan in his article entitled ”Talk about Old Faulkner,“ in which he said: ”...... I should hold high the banner of“ High-density Northeast Township ” The land, the rivers, the trees, the crops, the birds and insects, the crazy men and women, the ruffian, the villain, the heroic hero ... all write into my novel and create a literary republic.Of course I was the founding of this republic Emperors, here’s