The Comparative Study on the Reclusive thinking between James Hilton and Tao Yuanming 詹姆斯希尔顿与陶渊明的遁世思想之对比分析,英语0701班 指导老师：,Introduction,The Influence of Reclusive Thinking on Hilton and Tao Yuanming,Overall Structure,The Social Background of Hilton and Tao Yuanming,Conclusion,The Reflection of Reclusive Thinking in Related Literary Works,Introduction:,1.1/1.2 James Hilton and Tao Yuanming Growing experience Literal achievements Brief introduction of their main works 1.3 Definition of Reclusive Thinking Leaving the world or fleeing the society,The First World War,The Great Depression,Small-scales wars,struggles among imperial clan,Warlord regimes,Political corruption,Social Background,James Hilton,Tao Yuanming,Similarities: full of wars, disasters and other turbulences of the world,The Reflection of Reclusive Thinking in Related Literary Works,3.1 The Reflection of Hiltons Reclusive Thinking literal works: Lost Horizon literal image: Shangri-la 3.2The Reflection of Tao Yuanmings Reclusive thinking literal works: The Tales of the Fountain of Peach Blossom Spring Return to the Countryside literal images: the fountain of peach blossom spring 3.3 The Literary Image: Shangri-la and the Fountain of Peach Blossom Spring,3.3.1 The Pattern Settings between the Two Images : Shangri-la and the Fountain of Peach Blossom Spring,3.3.2 The Deep Meaning of the two Literal Images: Noahs Ark or not,Shangri-la: Yes. the fountain of peach blossom spring: No.,3.3.3 Spirit requirement,Shangri-la: highly social the fountain of peach blossom spring: inclined to the pattern of life,IV. The influence of reclusive thinking on James Hilton and Tao Yuanming,James Hilton: expressions of reclusive thinking in his works Tao Yuanming: expressions of reclusive thinking and reclusive behaviors The impacts on the people in their periods,V. Conclusion,The theme of the paper is the comparative study of the reclusive thinking between James Hilton and Tao Yuanming. Many people used to regard the reclusive thinking of James Hilton and Tao Yuanming as negative behavior of retreat. But this kind of understanding was one-sided. Tao Yuanming was not a pure hermit. He was a thinker and he devoted his whole life to pursue the ideal life in his mind. .,The purpose of the this paper is illustrate that as long as people have troubles in their real life, most of them want to find such a place like Shangri-la or the fountain of Peach Blossom Spring to keep them away from the difficulties, no matter which times they live in.,Acknowledgements,First of all, I would like to give my deepest gratitude to my tutor, Miss Fan Xiaohong, who gave me a lot of guidance, advice and encouragement. Moreover, I owed my sincere gratitude to all the teachers who gave me advice on revising the paper.,Thank You!,