打开官场见世情——评王跃文的《国画》

《国画》向来被视为官场小说的代表作，但《国画》绝非一般所理解的典型意义上的官场小说，它有着过于丰富驳杂的小说内涵。以官场为题材、以官场生活为主要表现对象，《国画》的诉求和心思却远在官场之外，浸透着对于人性、人情、世情等的深刻洞察和细致呈现，从而成为一部书写官场“内心”的力作。在这个意义上，《国画》拓展了现实主义写作的内涵，成为官场小说辉煌的起点。在《人民的名义》风行之时，再思或重提《国画》尤有必要。

Opening the Door of Officialdom to See the Secular Reality:Comment on Wang Yuewen's Traditional Chinese Painting

Although it is generally believed that Traditional Chinese Painting is the representative of officialdom novel, it definitely is not a typical officialdom novel, since it has very rich and complex connotation. Far beyond officialdom, Traditional Chinese Painting is indeed a novel focusing on the human nature, human feelings and secular reality and so on. In this sense, Traditional Chinese Painting expands the connotation of realistic writing and becomes the brilliant starting point of officialdom novels of Contemporary Chinese Literature. With the prevailing of In the Name of People, to rethink or remention Traditional Chinese Painting is especially necessary.