在諸多書寫美濃菸業的作家群中，鍾理和家族三代可謂相當難得的存在，他們定居美濃至今已有七十餘年的歲月，因此，從第一代鍾理和、第二代鍾鐵民、鍾鐵鈞到第三代鍾舜文對美濃菸業的觀察、描寫，大致可分屬美濃菸業的三個重要階段：初盛期、由盛轉衰期和末期，本文試從鍾家三代筆下的菸業書寫切入，來探討三個世代對於美濃菸業由盛轉衰的具體刻劃。鍾理和以一篇小說和部份日記記錄，精確反映了1950年代方興未艾的菸草事業；鍾鐵民對菸業的創作相對較多，有小說有散文，且相關作品的時序橫跨了三十幾年，所以清楚彰顯出菸業在時光流轉下的興衰變化；鍾鐵鈞描摹菸業的部份雖不似其兄豐富，但也記錄了部份菸作流程與烤菸時光的景象；鍾舜文所記則只有2007到2008年的菸田作業，但因為近距離採訪菸農之故，所以相較於祖父和父親的從旁觀察更多了一份親切、真實感，加上又搭配影像和繪圖，使她的菸業記錄傳達出即將邁向結束的感傷卻又略顯輕鬆的氛圍。鍾家三代的菸業書寫，其可貴之處在於呈現產業的盛衰歷程、美濃特殊的人文風景以及世代交替之下的記錄使命，這份三代傳承的心意，實為美濃菸業留下寶貴的文學記錄。

Among the writers who wrote the Mei-nung tobacco industry, Chung Li-ho and his family have been quite rare. They have settled in Mei-nung for more than 70 years. Therefore, from the first generation of Chung Li-ho, the second generation of Chung Tie-min and Chung Tie-jun to the third generation of Chung Shun-wen's observation and description of the Mei-nung tobacco industry can be divided into three important stages of the Mei-nung tobacco industry: the early stage, the transition from the prosperity to the end, and the paper is written from the tobacco industry written by the third generation of Chung. Cut in, to explore the specific characterization of the three generations of the Mei-nung tobacco industry from prosperity to decline. Chung Li-ho accurately recorded the tobacco industry in the 1950s with a novel and part of the diary record; Chung Tie-min has relatively more creative works on the tobacco industry, and there are novels in prose, and the time series of related works spans more than 30 years. Therefore, it clearly shows the rise and fall of the tobacco industry under the circumstance of time; the part of Chung Tie-jun's description of the tobacco industry is not as rich as his brother, but it also records the scene of some tobacco production and the time of flue-cured tobacco; Chung Shun-wen's record is only 2007-2008 tobacco production, because of the close interview with the farmers, she saw more kindness and authenticity than her grandfather and father, and coupled with images and drawings. The industry record conveys a sentimental but slightly relaxed atmosphere that is about to come to an end. The three generations of the Chung family's tobacco industry are valuable in presenting the industry's ups and downs, the special humanities landscape of Mei-nung and the record mission under the alternation of generations. This three-generation heritage is a precious literary record for the Mei-nung tobacco industry.