川端康成是20世纪世界文坛上著名的东方作家,其作品如《伊豆的舞女》《雪国》《千纸鹤》等,充分体现了川端康成式的“悲美”。本文试从这种“悲美”的艺术特点出发,来探讨其产生的根源,以期更深入地了解川端康成的作品。这种“悲美”的根源,与他不幸的童年、孤寂的生活、深受日本古典传统的“物哀”精神和佛教禅宗的无常思想的影响以及他所处的时代有关。 Kawabata Yasunari is a famous Oriental writer in 20th century world literary world. His works such as “Dancing Girl of Izu”, “Snow Country” and “Thousand Paper Crane” fully demonstrate Kawabata’s “Sad Beauty”. This article tries to explore the root causes of this “sad beauty” from the artistic features, with a view to more in-depth understanding of Kawabata’s works. The root of this “sad beauty” is related to his unhappy childhood and lonely life, deeply influenced by the “sorrow” spirit of Japanese classical traditions and the perverse thought of Buddhist Zen and his time.