一、序言1934年发表的中篇小说《边城》是中国二三十年代小说家沈从文的代表作品。沈从文被誉为中国的文坛大家,作品量丰质高,写过五百多篇作品,出版过一百多种单行本,在二十年代末以后二十年左右的时间里,拥有大量读者。他的作品大致上可分为三类:一是描写都市生活的,二是描写湘西人生活方式的,三是写佛经故事的。由于他从小在故乡湘西与农民、士兵、船夫和小生意人生活在一起,对湘西人生活的描写在作品中占的分量 I. Preface The novella “Border Town” published in 1934 is the representative work of Shen Congwen, a novelist from the 1920s and 1930s in China. Shen Congwen has been hailed as the literary community in China. His works are of high quality and high quality. He has written more than 500 works and published more than 100 odd-numbered books. In the period of about 20 years from the late 1920s onwards, he has a large number of readers. His works can be roughly divided into three categories: one is the description of urban life; the other is the description of the way of life in Xiangxi; the third is the story of Buddhist scriptures. Since he grew up in his hometown Xiangxi with peasants, soldiers, boatmen and small businessmen, his description of the lives of Xiangxi people is a part of the work