日本人非常关心人的生死这一问题。日本作家常在文学作品中表现生死无常和人生无常这一主题。志贺直哉是雄踞日本大正文坛之首的著名作家之一,他不仅是白桦派的杰出代表,也是＂心境小说＂的泰斗。并且被日本人称为＂小说之神＂。其小说大都与他本人的生活经历有着直接的关系。《在城崎》是志贺直哉享誉日本文坛的＂心境小说＂之代表作。这篇文章深刻地反映了志贺直哉生死观的变化过程。

The Japanese are very concerned about the issue of human life and death. Japanese writers often express the theme of life and death, impermanence and impermanence of life in the literature. Shiga Naoya is one of the famous writers in the Japanese literature altar, he is the outstanding representative of the Shirakaba and ＂state of mind novel＂. And he is referred to as ＂the god of the novel by the Japanese . His novels have a direct relationship with his own life experience mostly. In Kinosa ki is a masterpiece of the Japanese literary mood novel, which reflects the change of Shiga Naoya conception of death.