路遙寫完《平凡的世界》第三部，因為持續幾年嘅乙肝形成肝硬化腹水，喺1992年8月6號入住延安地區人民醫院，冇耐轉院至西安西京醫院。1992年11月17號，路遙響西京醫院病逝，終年43歲。
After Lu Yao finished writing the third part of "Ordinary World", because of hepatitis B that lasted for several years and formed cirrhosis ascites, he was admitted to Yan'an Regional People's Hospital on August 6, 1992, and was not transferred to Xi'an Xijing Hospital for a long time. On November 17, 1992, Lu Yaoxiang died of illness in Xijing Hospital at the age of 43.