「神與物遊」這一個概念乃是中國文論中的一個論述典型，也是創作理想，但同時也容許多重的理論解釋模式。本文嘗試以意義表達中的「文本中介」為重心，探索有關「神思」及「神與物遊」的條件。水一步將闡述文學想像所具有的聯繫功能，藉著想像主體與自然、世界之間的聯繫，探討「文」(或文本)的意義活動以及「表達」所能開展出的自由向度。此種自由(「遊」)受文本中介的限制，必須進入文本構成的內在結論，其中包含歷史性與文字技術的層面；其次，此種自由也植根於人文與世界的聯繫，而並非邊際的空想。最後，以文學想像為中心的檢討可看出，文本中共與世異關係這兩種限制乃是文學作為意義與表達體系的基本條件。

　　　　　The concept “spirit wanders with nature” is a typical discourse as well as a creative ideal in Chinese literary theoretical thought, but is also allows multiple theoretical modes of interpretation. This paper chooses an approach through the textual mediation in meaningful expression, and tries to reconstruct the conditions of interpreting Shensi (Spiritual thinking or imagination) and the idea of “spirit wanders with nature.” By exploring the linking function in literary imagination which bridges the imaginative subject and the nature of the world, I try to open the free dimension being conditioned by textual limitation must be involved in the innate structure of textual constitution, which includes historicity and literal training. On the other hand, this freedom is also rooted in the human connection with the world; therefore, free imagination in literature excludes unlimited pastas. Finally, focusing on the literary imagination, the two limitations-textual mediation and worldly connection-are the fundamental conditions in literature as a system of meaning and expression.