Abstract: Brodsky’s close relationships with sinologists reflect his interest in Chinese culture and his aspiration for mutual learning and integration between Eastern and Western civilizations. Current scholars’ research on the Chinese themes in Brodsky’s poetry has not adequately incoporated perspectives from Chinese philosophy and aesthetics, thereby overlooking the connection between Chinese themes including Taoist philosophy, and Brodsky’s poetics. Brodsky’s poem collection Letters from the Ming Dynasty draws on the dramatic expression, the European literary tradition of fictional Asian letters, the imitation of women’s voices in Li Bai’s “Chang Gan Xing,” and the narrative style of the court essay The Pillow Book. In terms of metaphorical poetics, it incorporates Chinese themes such as the mutual reflection between humans and the natural world (heaven and earth), acupuncture, hieroglyphs and astrology. The Ming Empire, where illusion and reality interpenetrate, serves as a mirror of Soviet reality, but its significance extends far beyond the geopolitical contexts of China and Russia, evolving into a metaphorical expression of the existential dilemmas of individuals in the progression of human civilization. Tao Te Ching, as Brodsky’s redemption, expands the poet’s metaphysical philosophical reflections. Its profound resonance with Brodsky’s poetry — in themes such as dissolving binary oppositions and revering the Tao’s natural order — deepens Brodsky’s understanding of the essence of life and existence.

Key words: Brodsky, poetry, Chinese themes, metaphor, Tao Te Ching

摘要： 布罗茨基与汉学家的密切交往,反映了他对中国文化的兴趣和对东西方文明互鉴的期盼。现有研究未能融入中国哲学与美学视域,忽视了包括道家哲学在内的中国主题与布氏诗学的联系。布氏的组诗“明朝书信”借鉴了戏剧表达、欧洲文学虚构亚洲书信的传统、李白“长干行”的拟闺音和宫廷随笔《枕草子》的叙事风格,在隐喻诗学上融入了人与天地互映、针灸、象形字、占星等中国主题。虚实相生的明朝帝国是苏联现实的镜像,但其所指已远超地缘政治意义上的中俄,升华为对人类文明进程中个体生存困境的隐喻性表达。《道德经》作为布氏的救赎,拓展了其形而上学层面的哲学思考,与其诗歌在消解二元对立、崇尚道法自然等主题上形成共鸣,深化了诗人对生命存在本质的理解。

关键词: 布罗茨基, 诗歌, 中国主题, 隐喻, 《道德经》