本文以菲力普·肖特的《毛泽东传》为例,以文学批评的角度观察外国作家在写作中国人物传记中所体现的独特的谋篇架构、不加渲染的语言风格、身为局外人的视觉维度等三大经典特征,以期进一步探析国外学者在写作中国人物传记时的思想脉络和研究走向,让我们能够以更加批判性的眼光和立场来正确看待国外学者的写作特点。 This paper takes Phillip Short’s Mao Zedong Biography as an example to observe the unique structure of foreign writers in writing Chinese biographies from the angle of literary criticism. It is an unofficial language style. As an outsider Visual dimensions and other three classic features in order to further explore foreign scholars in the writing of Chinese biographies thought and research direction, so that we can with a more critical perspective and position to correctly view the foreign scholars writing characteristics.