当代美国著名诗人,被誉为“垮掉派之父”的肯尼斯·雷克思罗斯曾研读佛教书籍,练习坐禅,这使他从早期的诺替斯和基督教等西方宗教影响中解脱出来,开始向东方佛教思想的体验转化。本文将从禅宗意象入手试图解读、分析他的诗歌,从而彰显他在东西方文化交往中融会贯通而又个性卓然的特点,为文学与文化研究提供一个较为新颖的个案参考。 Kenneth Rexroth, a famous contemporary poet in the United States and reputed as the “father of the Beat”, studied Buddhist books and practiced meditation, which freed him from the influence of Western religions such as early Norse and Christianity Come out and begin to experience the transformation of Eastern Buddhist thought. This article will try to interpret and analyze his poems from the image of Zen, so as to demonstrate his unique and harmonious personality in East-West cultural exchanges, and provide a relatively novel case reference for the study of literature and culture.