T.S.艾略特曾这样写道:“埃兹拉·庞德是我们这个时代中国诗歌的创造者。”一位出生于美国的前费城人士如何能当此殊荣?其背后的故事应是今天云集在此的现代主义学者们有兴趣了解的。1913年,当庞德在伦敦已崭露头角之时,艾伦·厄普沃德(AllenUpward)——当时有名的作家、学者、政治活动家以及《新时代》杂志的撰稿人——成为庞德密友圈内的一位重要成员。在《神圣的 TS Eliot wrote: “Ezra Pound is the creator of Chinese poetry of our time.” How could a former Philadelphia native who was born in the United States be such a recipient? The story behind it should be Modernist scholars gathered here today are interested in understanding. When Pound came to prominence in London in 1913, Allen Upward, the then famous writer, scholar, political activist and writer of New Age, became Pound A close member of the circle of friends. In “holy.”