The Bridge Leading To Spiritual Homeland: Chinese Literary Quotations In Hermann Hesse's Works

Based on the German works of Swiss writer Hermann Hesse, the thesis puts forward the point of view that in the process of spiritual journey, inspired by life essence embedded in Chinese literary quotations, Hermann Hesse gains a new insight into individual life and the life of western culture with the transcending outlook of unity of the opposites, thus returning successfully to the spiritual homeland inherited and constructed by western culture. The body of the thesis consists of four parts. No. one part is devoted to the analysis of the root cause for Hermann Hesse's mental travel in Oriental countries, mainly from the historical and personal perspective. No. two part is the assortment and analysis of Chinese literary quotations in the works of Hermann Hesse. No. three part is to ascertain the direction of his spiritual journey by the means of the analysis of the frequent recurrence of Western classical music, Eve and Faust's characteristics, all of which represent the overall process from negation to affirmation, thereby certifying the ultimate destination of his spiritual journey is returning to the heritage of western culture. The last part is the thorough illustration of how the power of life in Chinese literary quotation provides enlightenment for Hermann Hesse to affirm the vitality of western culture on the basis of the outlook of the transcending, outlook of unity of the opposites and then reconstruct his own spiritual homeland.