鲁迅笔下的狂人和贾平凹笔下的引生,都属“疯”系人物形象之列。虽然跨越了现当代的文学时空,他们在某些精神内核方面有着惊人的相似,但各自又有迥异的外部特征。深刻的自醒意识是他们共同的精神写照,不容于世是他们共同的困惑所在,他们在疯狂与清醒的张弛中求生存。本文将从“疯”的实质、动机及审美后效等方面论述此类人物形象所包含的丰富意蕴。 Lu Xun ’s madman and Jia Pingwa’ s penmanship are all belong to “crazy” series of characters. Although spanning the contemporary literary space and time, they have striking resemblances in some spiritual nuclei but each has very different external characteristics. Deep sense of self-awakening is their common spirit portrayal, not allowed to be in the world is their common confusion, they are crazy and sober relaxation to survive. This article will discuss the rich connotations contained in such character images from the aspects of essence, motivation and aesthetic aftereffect of “madness”.