新世纪以来,市场经济的迅猛发展极大地增加了人们的物质财富。以经济利益的最大化为评判标准的社会文化观念,致使那些在物质和精神双重压力之下苦苦挣扎的知识分子违背精神信仰,迷失沉沦在经济利益的糖衣裹挟中。《沧浪之水》中的主人公池大为虽胸怀知识分子的道德良知,但迫于生活中的重重困难,最终还是俯首了财富和权力。这样的社会文化现象无疑是值得我们反思的。 Since the new century, the rapid development of a market economy has greatly increased people’s material wealth. The social and cultural values, which take the maximization of economic interests as the standard of judgment, have led intellectuals struggling under the dual pressures of materialism and spirituality to violate the spiritual beliefs and lose themselves in the sugar-coated co-ops of economic interests. Although the hero pool in “The Long Waves” is an intellectual conscience, he finally bowed his head for wealth and power because of the numerous difficulties in his life. Such social and cultural phenomenon is undoubtedly worth our reflection.