Japanese Infuence on China

"Even if we wait for other people or other time, there will be no change, we are seeking change, we are seeking change." Because of the failure of the Qing Dynasty administration The country is even better. In addition, because the Qing Army was unexpectedly defeated in the first Japan-China War, people of all walks of life were also shocked by the rise of Japan. Therefore, the authorities proposed the idea of ​​"the essence of Chinese language learning, practical use of Western learning". Strengthen the country.

Most of the typical Japanese people we think today come from an era when we parted from China. Ian Bruma, a prominent scholar in China and Japan, says: "As the knowledge of the world increased, the Japanese began to realize that China is not the center of the world, but the weaknesses of China," Similarly, most of the hypothetical exceptionalism in Japan is modern It is qualitative, "Bulma said. It is a form of defense that Japanese endogenists describe their culture totally different from that of China. "Since the 1880s after the shogunate was overthrown and the modern state was established under the name of the emperor, the history book was rewritten as not starting from the stone age, but it was said that it was not interrupted by Japanese creation myth Imperial sun goddess until now Amatarasu

From the beginning of Japanese history, Japanese have always felt the necessity of differentiation from other Asian countries, especially China. Japan continues borrowing many aspects of its culture and ideals from China, but the leaders have repeatedly defended Japan's independent and competent beliefs and has since prepared the responsibility to maintain personal status. In the years following the conquest of China and Russia, Japanese racial superiority to other Asians has become the basis of the next approach during the Asia-Pacific War. Among the book entitled "War without Mercy", Japanese invaded colonial outposts Westerners have dominated over generations, and they are invading their ethnic And absolutely take cultural advantage ") Therefore, during this period, Japan regarded himself as an important force on the east side.