中文摘要：

《报国》作为沈从文写给同乡军人的公开信,贯穿着他对湘西历史、当下与未来的思考,从中可以侧面解读湘西苗疆在抗日战争之时所负的光荣与重负。文中一以贯之的是作者对土匪污名与家乡人自卑自弃的悲痛,128师惊天地、泣鬼神战斗的悲壮,对嫡系倾轧下不公平遭遇的悲愤,以及对家园忧患意识的悲悯。沈从文呼吁同乡人应该不计前嫌、不计得失、积极地抗日救国,因为他懂得雪国耻重于解乡恨,救国才能救民族的道理。在此意义上,沈从文是民族的先觉者,他的主张与选择,似乎预见到了苗疆今天的安定与繁荣。

英文摘要：

Serving Homeland is a public letter written by Shen Congwen to his township fellow soldiers which demonstrates his reflections on the history, present and future of Xiangxi. From this letter, we can indirectly interpret the glory and burden of Miao people of Xiangxi during the War of Resistance against Japan. Throughout the letter, the author expresses his painful grief for the stigma of bandit and his self abased hometown people, his solemn grief for the furious battle of the 128 Division, his indignation for the unfair treatment encountered by his relatives and his sympathy for the hardship of his hometown. In the letter, Shen Congwen appeals to his countrymen to resist against Japan and serve the homeland regardless of the past, the gain or loss for he knows that national humiliation overweighs hometown hatred and that people can be saved only after the nation is saved. In this sense, Shen Congwen is a national illuminati whose proposition and choice seem to foresee today peace and prosperity of the Miao people.