《罗生门》中描述了一位被解雇的仆人在罗生门上的一番离奇遭遇,当仆人看到城门上老太婆拔下死人头发后,他也剥下老太婆的衣服不知所踪。整篇文章流露出一种阴郁、悲情的色调,似乎所有的人都在为自我的行为寻找一种合乎逻辑的解释,但仿佛又不是那么的充实。本文试图通过分析仆人以及老太婆行为的动机来指出芥川龙之介在《罗生门》中对生存的拷问,从而结合芥川生活的时代背景,进一步指出其对当时日本社会的情感流露。 Rashomon describes a bizarre encounter with a dismissed servant at Rashomon’s door. When the servant saw the old woman in the city gate pulled the dead hair, he also peeled off the old woman’s clothes and disappeared. The whole article shows a gloomy, tragic tone. It seems that all people are looking for a logical explanation for their own behavior, but it seems less fulfilling. This paper attempts to point out Akutagawa’s interrogation of survival in Rashomon by analyzing the motives of the servant and the old woman’s behaviors, so as to combine the current background of Akutagawa’s life and further point out its emotional disclosure to the Japanese society at that time.