威廉·华兹华斯(1770-1850)是英国历史上最伟大的浪漫主义诗人之一。如果用几个简洁的词语去概括华兹华斯,那么“自然、孤独、沉思”最为合适。而“孤独,沉思”又恰恰是佛教禅宗的主要修持方法。本文试图从华兹华斯的作品中探寻其思想与东方禅宗相似之处,进而说明虽然东西方社会千差万别,但人类在发展过程中所经历的心路历程和内心的苦难挣扎是相似的,即人类文化是具有共通性的。 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was one of the greatest romantic poets in British history. If you sum up Wordsworth in a few concise terms, then “nature, loneliness, contemplation” is most appropriate. And “loneliness, contemplation ” is precisely the main method of Buddhist Zen. This article attempts to explore the similarities between his thought and oriental zen from Wordsworth’s works, and then shows that although the East-West society varies greatly, the mentality and the inner struggles of human beings in the process of development are similar, that is, Culture is commonality.