《山音》是日本第一位诺贝尔文学奖获得者川端康成晚期的作品。年过花甲的主人公信吾不愿承认自己的衰老,害怕面对死亡,加之对初恋的执着让他的生活变得昏暗无光,让他的灵魂几近死亡。慈童是不老不死的少年,比现实中的女人更加妖艳。在偶然的机会下得到慈童能面具并与菊子一起挽救了信吾的灵魂。让信吾可以坦然面对死亡,也放弃对初恋的执迷。本文拟追溯慈童的历史渊源、解读其对主人公的作用方面分析信吾灵魂的“再生”。 “Mountain Sound” is Japan’s first Nobel Prize laureate Kawabata Yasunari works late. Hsia Hiaoyuki hero letter of the reluctance to admit their aging, afraid of the face of death, coupled with the attachment of his first love to make his life dim, let his soul almost died. The eldest child is a young, unruly teenager, more devious than a real woman. By accidental opportunity, the childish child can get his mask and save the soul of Shinobu with Chrysanthemum. Let Xin Wu can calmly face the death, but also to give up the obsession with the first love. This article attempts to trace the historical origins of the eldest child and analyze the role of the protagonist in the analysis of the “regeneration” of the soul of Shinobi.