“生命意识”是打开理解沈从文小说《边城》的一把重要钥匙,它展示的不是原始湘西生存状态下的生活画面,而是过滤了丑陋,自私、狭隘等低级趣味的生命意识。它追求人与自然的和谐统一,追求至真至善至爱的崇高境界。沈从文通过《边城》来追求自己的生命存在形式,在追求自己生命的理想中,追求一种生命的本 “Life Consciousness ” is an important key to open understanding of Shenbian ’s novel Border Town. It shows not the life picture of primitive Xiangxi but the low - interest life sense of filtering ugly, selfish, narrow and so on. It is the pursuit of harmony between man and nature, the pursuit of true beloved noble realm. Shen Congwen pursues his life existence form through the “Border Town”, pursues a kind of life in the ideal of pursuing his own life