Aldous Huxley was deeply influenced in his formative years by the East, and this is key to understanding his later evolution as a writer. Towards an exploration of this, the current study analyses the intellectual and cultural context of Europe at the time, with special attention to European writers and intellectuals who had an influence on Huxley and who thus helped to pave the way for his interest in the East and oriental matters early in his life, without ignoring the influence that they would also have on him in later years. Secondly, Orientalism is addressed both as an influence on Huxley and as a modern critical theory, with the aim of demonstrating the author’s modernity in light of this. Finally, the study analyses the work Jesting Pilate, not only in terms of its oriental prospects and proclivity as an intellectual travel book, but also as a means of tracing the oriental elements therein as determining factors in Huxley’s seminal stage during his European years. This is seen as a necessary amalgam, and one that would be further developed in his later output, during the so-called American years.

奥尔德斯·赫x黎（Aldous Huxley）在他的成长初期受到东方的深远影响，这对于理解他后来作为作家的发展至关重要。为了对此进行探索，本研究分析了当时欧洲的知识和文化背景，特别关注了对赫x黎产生影响的欧洲作家和知识分子，从而为他对东方和东欧的兴趣铺平了道路。东方人在他的一生中很重要，却没有忽略他们以后几年对他的影响。其次，东方主义既是对赫x黎的影响，又是现代批判理论，旨在以此来证明作者的现代性。最后，研究分析了Jesting Pilate的工作不但从东方的前景和作为知识旅行书的倾向方面入手，而且还作为追踪其中的东方元素的一种手段，以此作为赫x黎在他欧洲时代开创性阶段的决定性因素。这被认为是一种必要的汞齐，在后来的美国时代，这种汞将在他后来的产品中得到进一步发展。