也许有人不信，姚雪垠先生的长篇历史小说《李自成》，竟然写了近半个世纪 !这在当代中国小说史上，似乎是个神话，但确是事实。悠悠 40余载，从 60年代到 80年代， 500万读者翘首以待；从 80年代到今天，近 20年过去了，很多当时还是中青年的读者已经在对故事结局的等待中步入 Some people may not believe that the long historical novel “Li Zicheng” written by Mr. Yao Xuejun actually wrote for nearly half a century! This seems to be a myth in the history of contemporary Chinese fiction, but it is true. For more than 40 years, from the 1960s to the 1980s, 5 million readers were eagerly awaited. From the 1980s to today, nearly 20 years have passed. Many readers who were still young and young were already entering the wait for the end of the story.