This paper mainly analyzes "the Moon" within Jia Pingwa's prose writing. "The Moon" is the esthetics symbol that he pursues and explores, and also is the symbol of his principal spirit.

The thesis is mainly shown in the three aspects that the influence of childhood complex on the creation is quite far reaching.

Both writers, in a self-conscious quest of aesthetic values in literature, employ unique artistic methods in constructing for readers an idealized countryside.