The author of this paper argues that the novel not only gives a vivid description of people's egoism, and entails sharp criticism of the selfishness, coldness and vanity of human beings, but also reflects with profundity the influence of the doctrine of Three Levels of Life of Zenism on Akutagawa. The author then proceeds to argue that Nose , is in fact imbued with modern man's psychological experience of pursuing salvation. The author of this paper points out that Akutagawa actually intends to write about in the novel the limited salvation of human spirituality and their fate without ultimate...
