《东方之旅》是黑塞于1927年到1932年间创作的中篇小说。当时,第一次世界大战给人类带来的不幸与灾难,让黑塞难以忘怀,并产生了强烈的社会责任感。他以笔作为呼唤和平的武器,希望通过文学作品传播和平信念。小说通过相对简单的故事框架,运用象征的手法,将现实人物、历史人物、文学史上的虚构人物和作者创造的小说形象共置于一时一地的叙事结构内。书中,“东方之旅”是“盟会”发起的有组织的行动,主人公H.H.作为成 The journey to the East is a novella created by Hesse between 1927 and 1932. At the time, the unfortunate and catastrophic consequences of the First World War to mankind made Hesse unforgettable and had a strong sense of social responsibility. He used his pen as a weapon to call for peace and hoped to spread his belief in peace through literary works. Through a relatively simple story framework and a symbolic approach, the novel places the realistic figures, historical figures, fictional characters in the history of literature and novels created by the authors together in a one-on-one narrative structure. In the book, the “journey to the east” is an organized operation initiated by “League”, the protagonist H.H. as