《棋王树王孩子王》中三部小说都是通过知青的视角来描写普通人的人生经历和下乡生活。知识青年,简称知青,指从1950年代开始到1970年代末期从城市下放到农村做农民的年轻人,这些人多数人是初中或高中学生。这些人身上折射着一个时代甚至几个时代的历史烟云。很多反映知青生活的作品,是突出生活的苦累和生活方式、观念的冲突。 The three stories in this book tell the life experiences and countryside life of ordinary beings from the perspective of educated youth, who are the Chinese young people transferred to the countryside to serve as farmers during 1950s and 1970s and most of them are junior middle school or high school students. These people show the historic situations of an era, even several eras. Many works about the educated youth life highlight the bitter life and the conflict of lifestyle and concept.