《一句顶一万句》:一个关于寻找的寓言

One Word Equals One Hundred Thousand Words: A Fable Worth Finding

刘震云的获奖小说《一句顶一万句》讲述了一个关于"寻找"的寓言。寻找之所以能成为寓言的内容,很重要的一点是它最大限度地象征了人在社会现实中的存在境遇。人的一生中,大寻找连着小寻找。生命本身就是寻找,其意义也就在于寻找。刘震云通过寻找所传达的并不仅仅是磨难和无助,更是前进和坚持。"一句"是寻找的结果,而"一万句"则是寻找的过程。牛爱国的寻找实际上是对吴摩西寻找的寻找,两者的寻找都不单是为寻找而寻找,而是对人生意义的寻找。小说特别设置了两条线索:一是世俗生活的阴冷和逼迫,二是宗教的助益。《一句顶一万句》的精彩和荣耀在于,它反映了俗世和人情里的智慧,是中国人传统生活方式和精神风度的写照。它在"寻找"这一寓言上的成功很大程度上来自于可读性的实现。

The importance of finding lies in that it mostly symbolizes people~ state in reality. The life itself is finding. Liu Zhenyun wants to express his philosophy of finding in forwarding. One Word means the outcome of finding. Meanwhile, One Hundred Thousand Words are the course of finding. The finding between Wu Moxi and Niu Aiguo is the finding of life＇s meaning. The novel sets up two lines, one is the coldness of common society and the other is the religion. The novel shows the wit of Chinese life style and its success mostly lies in its readability.