《草叶集》是美国19世纪浪漫主义诗人惠特曼的著作,20世纪30年代楚图南先生开始着手翻译,并于50年代整理出版,题名为《草叶集》。惠特曼创作《草叶集》时,美国种族歧视非常严重,种族间的不平等、黑奴制度的存在导致社会的紊乱,阻碍社会的发展进步,于是在惠特曼的创作中追求平等、追求民主、强调个性、强调自我,颂扬为解放黑奴制而牺牲的战士,便成为诗歌创作歌颂的主题,这些主题在那个时 “Leaves of Grass” is a book by Whitman, a romantic 19th-century American poet. In the 1930s, Mr. Chu Tunnan started translation and published it in the 1950s under the title “Grass Leaves Collection.” Whitman created the “grass leaves set”, the United States very serious racial discrimination, racial inequality, the existence of the slave system led to social turmoil, hinder the development of society, so Whitman’s pursuit of equality in the creation, Pursuing democracy, emphasizing individuality, emphasizing self, praising warriors sacrificed for the liberation of the slave system have become the subject of praise for poetry writing. At that time,