“向影子射击”是曹军庆2016年末发表在《作家》杂志上的一个短篇小说名,这真是一个带有总结意义的丰富而绝妙的精神意象,远远超出了这篇小说自身所要表达的意思。“影子”确实是深藏在曹军庆小说中非常有趣的一个意象,让人想到黑暗、孤独与彷徨,想到鲁迅先生那篇著名的《影的告别》。从影的告白到向影子射击,似乎更多了几分主动与勇气,这瞄准自我与他者的射击本身含有反抗与审判的意思;然而又是多么虚弱啊,这射击的指 “Shooting Shadows” is a short story by Cao Junqing published in the “Writer” magazine at the end of 2016. This is really a rich and wonderful spiritual image with summing up meaning far beyond what the novel itself wants to express the meaning of. “Shadow ” is indeed a very interesting image hidden deep in Cao Junqing’s novels, reminding us of the darkness, loneliness and perplexity of Lu Xun’s famous “Shadow of Farewell.” From the confession of the film to the shooting of the shadow, it seems more a bit more active and courageous, and the shooting aimed at the ego and the other itself contains the meaning of resistance and judgment; however, how weak is this shooting finger