《水藻行》是一篇独特的具有真正意义的短篇小说。然而它在20世纪中国现代小说中不同凡响的独特性在很长时期内并未引起足够的重视,对它的价值也未给出恰当的评价。笔者认为,其价值在于冷静地展示了人类的三重困境:生存的困境;道德的困境;选择的困境。其主题超越了时代与社会背景,具体的题材突破了社会历史的思想意识,更趋向于生活实感和人性挖掘。 “Algae Walk” is a unique short story with real meaning. However, its extraordinary uniqueness in modern Chinese novels of the 20th century did not attract enough attention in a very long period of time, and its value was not given a proper evaluation. The author believes that its value is calmly demonstrated the triple dilemma of human beings: the dilemma of survival; moral dilemma; the dilemma of choice. Its theme goes beyond the era and social background. The specific themes have broken through the ideological consciousness of social history and tend to be more realistic and humanistic.