“文化融合”作为一个术语是由古巴社会学家费尔南多·奥尔蒂兹提出的。它反应了一种传统的文化分离和差异逐步被社会间的融合所代替的趋势。而这种趋势也正是美国作家亨利·詹姆斯的作品中最常体现的,也是他最擅长的“国际主题”。这篇论文从亨利·詹姆斯的代表作《一位女士的画像》来分析欧美文化的融合,并最终找出其意义所在。 “Cultural integration ” as a term proposed by the Cuban sociologist Fernando Ortiz. It reflects a tendency that traditional cultural separation and differentiation are gradually replaced by social integration. And this kind of trend is also the most common manifestation of the work of American writer Henry James, and also his best “international theme”. This essay analyzes the fusion of European and American cultures from Henry James’s masterpiece “Portrait of a Lady,” and finally finds out its meaning.