曹禺受佛教缘起说和道家宇宙观影响而形成的整体性思维方式，使他获得了较之同时代剧作家更高的认识视点，这就是对生活的思考不是从局部和表层着眼，而是力图宏观地探究其背面潜伏的历史底蕴和社会本质含括，意在囊括人生。曹禺笔下的人物形象，其性格都不是某种静态的构建，他们的普遍意蕴和艺术生命均体现在一个包容过去、现在、未来的动态人生流程中，每个人都不同程度地带有“历史人”的特质 Cao Yu’s holistic way of thinking, influenced by Buddhism’s origins and influenced by the Taoist cosmology, has given him a higher view of cognition than that of the contemporary dramatists. That is to think of life not from the partial and the superficial but from the macroscopic To explore its hidden behind the historical background and social nature of the Inclusion, intended to cover life. Cao Yu’s character images are not constructed statically, their general implication and artistic life are reflected in a dynamic life process that contains the past, the present and the future, each with varying degrees of “historical man” Trait