2008年呂則之出版他的第五本長篇小說《浪潮細語》，這一本近30萬字的著作，也是他目前為止最具厚度的作品。本論文以《浪潮細語》為分析討論對象，並從「地方」和「海洋」著手，探究呂則之創作動力之來源。

Lu Ze-Zhi published his fifth novel Wave of Whispers in 2008. This novel with nearly 300,000 words is the thickest novel that he has ever published so far. This paper explored Lu's creation sources by analyzing and discussing "place" and "ocean" in his book Wave of Whispers.