Title: The Harmonious Integration of Traditional Chinese Philosophy and Contemporary Environmental Poetry: The Comparison Study of Environmental Poetry between Hua Hai and Gary Snyder

Abstract: Against the background of frequent environmental problems, contemporary environmental poetry originating in the West and traditional Chinese philosophy have been integrated into a harmonious state through cross-cultural integration. The ideological themes and aesthetic styles of environmental poetry have been diversified and expanded, and the ecological core of traditional Chinese philosophy has also been modernized and interpreted and disseminated. Although American environmental poet Snyder and Chinese poet Hua Hai live in different countries, they have shown obvious convergence in many aspects such as the establishment of environmental poetry creation concepts, the acceptance of Chinese traditional ecological culture, and the practice of deep ecologism. Based on this, and from a comparative perspective, we examine the environmental poems of the two poets that blend Chinese Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism to convey rich ecological connotations. The fusion of Chinese traditional philosophy and contemporary environmental poetry must be clarified and concrete. This harmony is of great significance in promoting further exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Western environmental literature and environmental thoughts, and understanding the cross-time and space value of Chinese traditional philosophy in building readers’ environmental awareness.

Keywords:: Gary Snyder, Hua Hai, Chinese traditional philosophy, environmental poetry, ecological connotation

Author: Xi Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate, College of Foreign Languages, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

DOI: 10.19967/j.cnki.flc.2024.03.010