材料翔实，内容丰富，时间准确，描写客观。里面所叙述的方方面面的内容，都是父亲一生的所经所历、所见所闻、所思所想；里面所涉及的大大小小的人物，都是整个家庭成员及其亲朋好友、邻里乡亲、同学同事、上级下属......真实地记录自己一生的喜怒哀乐、人生轨迹，真实地表现家庭成员的悲欢离合、奋斗历程，真实地反映关中农民的柴米油盐、生存状态，始终是父亲撰写家史所追求的最高目标，也是此书真正的价值所在。(The book describes the real life of a farmer, about his experience, thoughts, relations, emotions and course of life, supplied with detailed and accurate materials from an impersonal angle in correct sense of time. All characters in the book are real, including family relatives, friends, neighbors, classmates, colleagues and superiors. The author writes to keep truthful records of his family, consisting of the vicissitudes, course of struggle, daily life and living state of farmers living on the central Shaanxi plain. This is what makes the book so valuable.)