Abstract
In the dissemination of H. D. Thoreau in China over the past 90 years, one heated debate with Dushu as the main platform occurred over Thoreau as a hermit or a fake one. By nature, this debate is a false statement, because Thoreau has never claimed to be a hermit. Being similar to the hermit and Chinese yinyi culture, a visible tendency to detach oneself from society and live in seclusion, Thoreau is arbitrarily judged as a hermit or a fake one. From the perspective of Chinese yinyi culture, some Chinese scholars analyzed the period, place, motivation and lifestyle of Thoeau's living alone near Walden, and therefore they misread Thoreau in the spatial and temporal dislocation .
First Page
46
Last Page
53
Recommended Citation
Liu, Luechang. 2016. "Mirror Image Deviation in Cross-cultural Transmission: A Reevaluation of the Debate on H. D. Thoreau as a Hermit or a Fake Hermit in Dushu." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 36, (6): pp.46-53. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss6/13
