Abstract: “Water and Cloud” is unique in Shen Congwen’s works. In it , the author e xpresses his aesthetic aspirat ion by the soul monologue and self- dialogue and from the height of philosophical reason and aesthetical judgment.The contact with “ contingency” in life like rainbows and stars, the burning of passion, the abstract e xpressiveness of emotion and the morale exercise constitute the creation mode of “Water and Cloud”,which is also Shen Congwen’s human mode.Recognizing and unders tanding this mode is a key for us to study Shen Congwen’s literay works.

Key words: Shen Congwen, Water and Cloud, contingency plus emotion