Abstract: The 70 years’ study of Border Town by foreign scholars can be concluded into three types:pastoral song——view of Chinese image;tragedy——view of fate;and symbol —— view of the original shape.The foreign scholars think that Border Town is a perfect picture of human sensibilities,showing the pure Chinese image;a holly love song ending in sad tune;and that the “death and birth” in the novel is full of symbolic meaning and it “exists for the original shape”.

Key words: Border Town, Shen Congwen, comment