谷崎润一郎笔下的中国江南

Jiangnan of China as Depicted by Junichirou Tanizaki

为逃避令人厌倦的现实生活,日本著名耽美派作家谷崎润一郎对富于异国情调的中国充满向往。在以第一次中国之行为素材的作品群中,谷崎笔下的中国江南是一个不受日常生活约束、可以尽享奢华、象征着远方和异乡的完美时空,被描述为一座由美食、美景、美女构筑的天堂,成为谷崎逃避现实的心灵憩息地。但是,最终这个华美的异域梦幻在现实的冲击下支离破碎。

Bored of the tiresome life, Junichirou Tanizaki, a well-known Japanese writer, had a yearning for exotic China. In his works based on his first trip to China, Jiangnan （area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River） was depicted as a paradise, where, not restrained by routine life and full of choice food, breathtaking sceneries and eye-catching beauties, one can allow himself luxuries to his heart＇s content. Symbolic of the perfect time and space that only existed in a distant exotic land, Jiangnan seemed to be an ideal place for the author to seclude himself to enjoy a spiritual rest. However, cruelty of reality eventually dashed his beautiful exotic dream to pieces.