J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1): 41-44.
作为瑶族文学史上第一部长篇小说，《波努河》肩负着书写民族责任感与时代感的重任。小说以传统波努人的一次经济改革为主线，主人公的自我认知、民族的文化反思蕴含其中，最终以平淡悠远的笔调结束一次沉重的民族探索。虽然此次探索以失败告终，但民族文化反思从主人公的自主启蒙到最终走向和谐，为读者铺展了一幅传统文化与现代文明共存的画面。
As the first novel in Yao literary history, Bonu River shoulders the important task of writing a national sense of
responsibility and the sense of the times. The main line of the novel is an economic reform of traditional Bonu people, alongside with
the protagonist's self-cognition and national culture reflection. The story ends with the heavy national exploration in a plain tone.
Though the exploration is failed, the national culture reflection which develops from the protagonist's self-enlightenment to harmony
offers reader a picture in which traditional culture co-exists with modern civilization.
