Harmony·Poetry·Nihility

Shen Congwen and Kawabata Yasunari take the Eastern culture as their foundation,so their works are infiltrating with Eastern ecology idea, Eastern culture tradition, Eastern esthetic theory and Eastern philosophy Taoism and Zen which fills with life wisdom and life feelings have many similarities.But actually in this Eastern culture ecology esthetic field they also have different literature beauty pursuings: the beauty of Eastern harmonious ecology, the one has manifested the Chinese style"the beauty united"the ecology to pursue the mystical ethnic groupe's harmonious habitat in the western of Hunan province, the other one has manifested the Japanese style"the absorption of nature"as life anticipation and has unfolded the beautiful scenery on Japanese chain islands; the beauty of Eastern poetic culture, the one has manifested the Chinese tradition rich in poetic and artistic flavor and the ancient Chu culture filled with rhyme, the other one has manifested the love of East traditional culture and inheritance the Japanese literature tradition of"sorrow of the thing"and"quiet and abstruse";the beauty of Eastern nihility philosophy, the one uses the image of"water"to manifested the life pursue which including the Chinese Taoism`s life wisdom like quietism, inaction and the nihility, the other one through the image of"snow"to unfolde that they make every effort to achieve the Eastern Zen`s unique nirvana which they Japanese anticipated and yearned for.Their works paragenesis in the Eastern culture ecology linguistic environment, so they possess the humanity common feelings about the nature and the life emotion experience in their own literature world which colored with East culture. And this passing through the anticipation to the Eastern harmonious ecology anticipation, the expression of the Eastern poetic sentiment culture and the pursuing to the Eastern nihility philosophy boundary, has not only manifested East's esthetic pursue and the cultural essence,but also displayed humanity's exquisite spirit.