本文討論中國作家路內的長篇小說《霧行者》（2020），以為此書透過「人
物移動」與「社會事件」繪製1998年至2008年間的中國圖景。有別於既有研究
對城鄉流動的描述，本研究以細讀方法，詮釋小說中「倉管員」作為移動者與見
證者的角色，以及作家透過「假證」與「社會性結盟」等機制／符號，揭示在一
個國家變化、試圖規範社會的時期，未進入體制的庶民的應對方式與謀生情境。
論文借用安德森（Benedict Anderson）的「想像共同體」概念，主張《霧行者》
以人物的移動行為，建立了地圖，展示一幅以人民為中心，充滿不確定性與生存
張力的中國社會圖景。小說回應國家敘事，但提供了不同於國家「進步敘事」的
民間視角。本文並且指出，小說的「總體修辭術」及其雙人物的敘事，使其在社
會寫實之外，亦呈現出寓言化的時代意義。

This article examines The Fog Walker (2020), a full-length novel by the Chinese
writer Lu Nei, arguing that the text maps a portrait of China from 1998 to 2008
through its focus on “character mobility” and “Societal Incidents.” Departing from
existing studies that foreground the dynamics of urban–rural migration, this study
analyzes the pers+pective of warehouse keepers as mobile subjects and witnesses, as
well as informal mechanisms such as forged documents and “Societal alliance.” These
elements illuminate the strategies and existential conditions of ordinary people who
remained outside formal institutions during a decade of rapid national transformation
and increasing regulatory control.
Drawing on Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined communities, the article
contends that The Fog Walker constructs a people-centered socio-spatial landscape
marked by uncertainty and tensions of survival, off ering a vantage point distinct from
the state’s narrative of progress. It further argues that the novel’s “total rhetoric” and
its dual narrative perspectives enable the work to move beyond socialist realism,
endowing it with an allegorical signifi cance that speaks to the spirit of its era.