晚清符霖的小说《禽海石》在小说主题和作者创作思路方面有一些的含混、悖逆的现象,而当代文学中的症候式分析正是关注这一现象的分析方法。《禽海石》的主旨意图是对封建婚姻制度进行批判,并倡导爱情和婚姻自由,然而从小说所表现出的种种“症候”来看小说并未沿此道路前行,反而因为其晚清时代的背景而折射出作者自身难以解答的由传统与现代矛盾冲突带来的时代困惑和迷茫。 In the late Qing Dynasty, the novel “Bird Sea” has some ambiguities and disobedience in the theme of the novel and the author’s creative thinking. However, the analysis of the syndrome in contemporary literature is exactly the method of analyzing this phenomenon. The main purpose of “Sea of ​​Birds” is to criticize the feudal system of marriage and to promote freedom of love and marriage. However, novels go along this path in the light of various “symptoms” shown in the novel. Instead, The background of the late Qing Dynasty reflects the perplexity and confusion of the times caused by the conflicts between tradition and modernity that the author can not answer by himself.