《天瓢》讲述了一个叫杜元潮的男人，跌宕在沉沦与奋斗中，飘摇在两个令他倾心的女人之间。他的命运从汤汤大水中"漂来的一块棺材板"开始，到六十年后大水汤汤中"漂去的一口棺材"结束。终点即是起点，一切皆有如天意或神谕。 小说由十几场形象各异、意蕴不同的雨串联而成，结构奇特而别致。雨既作为作品的背景而被书写，也纠缠于所有的故事之中，甚至成为主角。从儿女风月到乡村政治、生命自然、痴情男女、灵魂欲望，无数的爱恨情仇，莫不与霏霏淫雨相关，其中的神韵与哲理，令人陶醉、扼腕、震撼。（This book narrates a man called Du Yuanchao has ups and downs in falling and fighting and sways between two women who make him enamored. His fate starts from a coffin plank floating from a flood and finishes with a coffin plank floating to a flood after 60 years. The end is the start. All is God's will or oracle. With a special and unique structure, the novel is composed with over 10 rains in different forms and connotations. Rain is written as the background and entangled with all stories even rain is a leading role. Everything from love between men and women, rural politics, life and nature, sentimental men and women, souls and desires as well as countless love and hatred is related with the excessive rains. The charm and philosophy make people fascinated, sigh and shocked.）