“生命”是贯穿沈从文创作的一条红线。越过都市人生异化的生活,在湘西世界里,沈从文极力追寻原始、本真、自然的生命本体,他礼赞生命的常态,为生命神性的隐退而深感痛惜。不过他并未对现实悲观,对主体性的自由和人的生存本真性的追求总是使他转到了对生命的神圣与庄严的维护。 “Life ” is a red line running through Shen Congwen. Across urban life alienated life, in the Xiangxi world, Shen Congwen sought the original, true, natural life itself, he praised the normal life, deeply deplore the divinity of life. However, he was not pessimistic about the reality, his pursuit of the subjective freedom and the authenticity of human existence always led him to the holy and solemn maintenance of life.