Abstract：H. D. Thoreaus nature writing provides inspiration for Chinese ecological prose, and Wei An is one of the representative beneficiaries. Through reading the translations, the original work and relevant comments, Wei gets access to Thoreaus nature writing, and is influenced in genre, theme, style and method when he writes the ecological prose. His attraction to Thoreau is due to their like minds and tastes. If Thoreaus ecological thoughts remain more at the perceptual level, Wei shows the more striking ecological consciousness. Dislike most ecological writings being confined to reveal the ecological destruction, his works get ride of the traditional mode of expressing emotions and aspirations, injecting into the contemporary Chinese prose new elements.
2018, Vol. 20 
