沈从文《看虹录》对身体的描写具有与其早期小说中的性爱描写不太相同的功能,这缘于他对“抽象的抒情”作为审美理想的追求。以《看虹录》为代表,作为一种艺术探险,沈从文力图在文字中借助于一切与音乐精神相通的感官意象来表达他个人所体验的美的极致,身体就是其重要表达之一。“身体”在此时具有双重意味,它既是作者对生命体验的一种审美化呈现,同时也是他所力图展现的“抽象的形式”本身。 The description of body by Shen Congwen’s “The Rainbow Record” has the same function as the description of sexual love in his early novels because of his pursuit of “abstract lyricism” as the aesthetic ideal. Taking “Seeing the Rainbow Record” as the representative, as an artistic expedition, Shen Congwen tries to express his ultimate aesthetic beauty in the writing by means of all the sensual images that are connected with the musical spirit. The body is one of the important expressions. “Body ” has a dual meaning at this time. It is not only an aesthetic presentation of life experience by the author, but also an “abstract form” itself that he tries to show.