本文嘗試探尋陳銘磻歷時性文本之間的深層連結，梳理貫穿其中的核心書寫動機。1970年代中期以來，陳銘磻的創作歷程呈現三個創作主軸平行重疊、交錯互涉的狀態：以父親為核心的故鄉書寫、以社會底層邊緣為關注對象的報導文學書寫、以原住民部落那羅與異國日本為場域的旅行書寫。透過這三個面向的創作，陳銘磻追尋在倫理、社會、族裔等不同層面的歸屬與安頓，並歸結於以父愛為核心之生命原鄉的探問。

This article tries to dig into subterranean connections between Chen’s diachronic texts, collating core writing motivations threading them. Chen’s writing history since mid 1970s is made up of three writing pillars that parallel, interlock, and inter-textualize each other: homeland writing focusing on Shifang Village and his father, reportage literary writing on the underprivileged and marginalized subjects, and travel writing featuring aboriginal tribe Nalou village and foreign country Japan. By writing the three facets, Chen explores the topics of belonging and settling from the aspects of society, ethnicity, and ethics, and ends up in the quest for life homeland represented by father’s love.