《雪国》等川端的作品首次在中国出版的时间是1981年, 到今天已有40多年, 在中国学者的辛勤努力下, 中国已成为日本之外的川端研究的重要国家, 丰硕的研究成果赢得了海内外的肯定评价。本文分四个方面详述了四十多年来中国川端文学研究特征: 一是批评方法上较单一, 以社会学批评为主。二是研究成果丰硕, 研究方法多元。三是比较文学的发展促进并拓展了中国学者对川端的研究。四是海外的研究成果的翻译和介绍对中国川端文学研究进程起到了很大的推动作用。这些特征的总结展现了川端文学研究与时代变化的互动, 也有助于我们对未来川端研究方向的把握。

China first published Kawabata Yasunari' s “snow country” in 1981, it has been more than 40 years since then. With the hard work of Chinese scholars, China has become an important country for Kawabata Yasunari' s research outside Japan, and its fruitful research results have won recognition and evaluation at home and abroad This paper elaborated on the characteristics of the research on Kawabata literature in China in the past 40 years from four aspects. First, the criticism method was relatively single, mainly sociological criticism. Second, the research results were abundant and the research methods were diverse. Third, the development of comparative literature had promoted and expanded the study of Kawabata by Chinese scholars. Fourth, the translation and introduction of overseas research results promoted and accelerated the process of Chinese scholars' research on Kawabata literature. At the same time, the summary of these characteristics revealed the interaction between literature research and social change, and looked forward to the future research direction.