潘雨桐(1937-)~(1)是马来西亚极少数华文作家中长期关注婆罗洲雨林的生态遭受破坏、原住民、非法移民、少数族裔妇女被剥削迫害等议题的文人。在东马沙巴州从事园丘工作的他,经常出入广袤的热带雨林京那巴登河岸(Sg.Kinabatangan)一带,目睹雨林遭大事砍伐有深切的体会。与园丘垦殖工人及当地原住民来往期间,曾听闻许多关于雨林的忌讳与迷信传说;在信与不信、虚假与真实之间,凭着丰富的想象,以热带雨林为背景将所听闻的魑魅故事贯穿成八篇小说,并于2002年结合成集出版《河岸传说》~(2)。其两篇散文《东谷纪事》(1995)及《大地浮雕》(1996)深获佳评,被视为是马华“自然写作”的最佳示范。~(3)本文以该部小说集为分析重点,论述潘雨桐的婆罗洲自然写作的特色及深层内涵。 Pan Yutong (1937-) ~ (1) is a writer who has long been concerned about the destruction of the ecology of Borneo rainforest by a handful of Chinese-language writers in Malaysia, aborigines, illegal immigrants and the persecution of ethnic minority women. While working in the park in East Malaysia Sabah, he frequently visited the gigantic Kinabatangan stretch of tropical rainforest and witnessed the profound realization of rainforest logging. He had heard many taboo and superstition legends about rainforests during his visit to the reclamation workers and local aborigines. From the faithful to the unbelieving, the false and the true, with abundant imagination, The story runs through eight novels, and in 2002 combined into a collection of “Riverbank Legends” ~ (2). His two essays, the “East Valley Chronicle” (1995) and “The Earth Relief” (1996), were well received and regarded as the best demonstration of MCA’s “Natural Writing.” ~ (3) In this paper, the novel focuses on the analysis of Pan Yu Tong Tong Borneo natural writing features and deep connotation.