Abstract: Yan Geling’s novel, Renhuan was republished, being renamed as Is Psychiatrist in. The matter of renaming conveys a wealth of cultural information. It shows that the novel is not only a text about the “metaphor of disease”, but also an experimental text of reconstructing identity of an overseas Chinese writer. The novel presents the efforts and consideration of Yan Geling, as an overseas Chinese Writer, for the “cultural treatment” from the “others”, and tries to penetrate into the deep part of history from the point of the relationship between “speech and right”, which is the significance of the novel.

Key words: Mental illness, the Other, Rescue, Language, Power