Abstract: Shen Congwen and Williams are two contemporary local writers with great local consciousness in China and America. They have always adhered to the creative idea of making a life for human beings, and have deeply understood and deeply reflected on history. Its ideological theme has roughly experienced the process of extending from "individuality" to "collectivity" and then upgrading to "class", and its cultural vision has also expanded from the native land to the whole mankind and from the past to the future. They are actively concerned about human nature and deeply concerned about the overall destiny of mankind, and their artistic thoughts are far beyond the times they live in, and will last forever in the long river of time.

Key words: Shen Congwen, William Carlos Williams, historic writing, human consciousness