当代作家阎真的官场小说《沧浪之水》塑造了一群以主人公池大为为代表的平凡而真实的人物形象,突破了现今官场小说的二元对立的人物结构模式。在小说中,作者揭示了一个正直清高的传统知识分子如何被腐蚀被异化以致最终走向人格的蜕变和精神的堕落。小说指涉了当代知识分子价值选择的问题,探讨了主人公精神悲剧的社会根源。 Yan Zhen’s contemporary official novel “The Long Waves” created a group of ordinary and real characters represented by the heroic pool, breaking through the duality and contradictory character structure model of current official novels. In the novel, the author reveals how an honest and upright traditional intellectual is corroded and alienated, eventually leading to the transformation of personality and the degenerate spirit. The novel refers to the question of the value choice of contemporary intellectuals and explores the social roots of the protagonist’s spiritual tragedy.