不到一年前,莫言有一篇题为《牛就是牛》的创作谈发表。文章的大意是,文学作品中的牛很多,但除了《西游记》里的牛魔王和《牛郎织女》中的老牛写得好以外,作家往往把它们写得太像人,太想把牛弄成象征.看上去总觉得矫情。其实,“鲨鱼就是鲨鱼,牛就是牛,不要在它们身上寄托太多的东西”。莫言的话,既是对自己以往创作的检讨,也包含着对以往中国文学创作的反思。在相当长的一段时间里,中国作家热中于托物寄情,曲终奏雅,写一花 Less than a year ago, Mo Yan published an article entitled “Cow is a Cow.” The article’s effect is that there are a lot of literature in the literature, but writers often write them too much like the cow in the Journey to the West and cattle in the Cowherd and Veteran Looks always feel hypocritical. In fact, “sharks are sharks and cows are cattle. Do not pin things too much on them.” Mo Yan’s words are both a review of his own past creations and a reflection of past Chinese literary creations. For a long period of time, Chinese writers are passionate about supporting things, playing songs and writing songs