一、引言中国现代作家沈从文与日本现代作家川端康成虽然生活在两个不同的国度,也并无直接的影响和继承关系,但是他们的人生经历、文学理念、审美情趣以及创作风格却有着惊人的相似。他们生活在同一时代,远离当时文坛的功利主义,把东方文化的隽永流长留在了他们的作品中。《边城》与《古都》分别是这两位作家的代表作,前者以少女翠翠的爱情为主线,刻画了江南边城的乡风民俗和 I. INTRODUCTION Although Chinese modern writer Shen Congwen and Japanese modern writer Kawabata Yasunari have no direct influence and inheritance relationship though they live in two different countries, their life experiences, literary concepts, aesthetic taste and style of creation have astonishing similar. They lived in the same era, away from the utilitarianism of the literary world at that time, leaving the meaningful and long-lasting oriental culture in their works. The “Border Town” and the “Ancient Capital” are the representative works of these two writers respectively. The former takes the girl Emerald’s love as the main line and portrays the folk custom of the southern border town