中国道家思想对赫尔曼·黑塞的影响

黑塞一生深受中国文化浸染,尤其偏爱老庄。以老庄为代表的中国道家思想不仅影响其生活和思维方式,并广泛浸润其文学创作,成为他构建自身文学审美观的重要精神依据。如万物源道的人生悟境,对立统一的辩证思维,上善若水的处世态度,循环齐一的生死之道等。黑塞垂青中国文化精神,并非出于逃逸西方文化之初衷,而是希望经由东方这个“他者”来更好地反观自身、找寻自我。

Influences of Chinese Taoist Thoughts on Herman Hesse

In whole of his life, Hesse receives China＇s traditional culture, and Chuang Tze, the ：wo represents of Chinese Taoists. The Taoist thoughts daily life and think pattern, but also in his literary writing. For Hesse＇s especially the ideas of Lao Tze exert influences not only in his literary aesthetics,an important spiritual basis is such Taoist ideas as the life philosophy of ＂ everything from nature＂ , the dialectic thoughts as ＂ everything with opposition and couple＂ , the living wisdom of ＂ fluency as water＂ and Death understanding of ＂ all in a circle＂ . Hesse＇s admiration of Chinese cultural spirits is not for an escape of Western culture, but for reflection and in search of an Self through the Other of Orient.