One of the modern poets strongly influenced by Western culture, Xu Zhimo’s perspective is remarkably westernized. Viewed form his reception of Western culture and literary thoughts, his brief ceative period spanning ten years is shawn by this article to have two discordances with regard to his sources of influencpe-the first being temporal in nature, while the second being spacial. Attempts have also been made to probe the phenomena from his personal idiosyncrasy in connection with the temporal-cultural background in which be lived. One of the modern poets strongly identified by Western culture, Xu Zhimo’s perspective is remarkably westernized. Viewed form his reception of Western culture and literary thoughts, his brief ceative period spanning ten years is shawn by this article to have two discordances with regard to his sources of influencpe-the first being temporal in nature, while the second being spacial. attempts have also been made to probe the phenomena from his personal idiosyncrasy in connection with the temporal-cultural background in which be lived.