At the same time as "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" came out, by coincidence, "On Japan" came out in the south, and the two books came out less than half a month apart.
Dai Jitao's "On Japan" has always been regarded as an important work in the study of Japan. Japanese scholars believe that it is more profound than "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword".
After all, those who truly understand Japan must be Chinese.
However, after "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" was greatly revised by Zhou Hexuan, the content has been completely changed. Only the original author's general thoughts are retained, and even the content framework is different.
Shanghai.
There is a small western-style building on Guofumen Road, which Jiang Baili recently bought. He sold his old residence in Peiping for 7,500 yuan, and applied for a mortgage loan from Industrial Bank, and finally scraped together enough money to buy his own house in Shanghai.
When the Northern Expedition just started, Chang Kaishen, Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu sent out invitations at the same time, hoping that Jiang Baili could be their chief of staff.
Jiang Baili initially agreed to Wu Peifu, but he was not going to be an official, but wanted to advise Wu Peifu to cooperate with the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army. Of course Wu Peifu would not listen to the suggestion, so Jiang Baili resigned and left.
Due to the traditional thoughts of justice, Jiang Baili did not want to serve the two masters in the short term, and immediately rejected the invitations of Chang Kaishen and Sun Chuanfang. But he eventually went to Sun Chuanfang's side, not as the chief of staff of the five-province coalition, but as a similar local
The duties of the garrison commander.
Jiang Baili has been unwilling to get involved in military and political affairs in recent years, and he seems to have abandoned military affairs and embraced literature. His "History of the European Renaissance", written by him, is still an important reading book for Chinese art students in the 21st century. In future Chinese history textbooks,
Regarding the significance of the Renaissance, I basically inherited Jiang Baili’s views.
Not only that, Jiang Baili also participated in the establishment of the Literary Research Association, joined the Crescent Society, and had a deep friendship with Xu Zhimo.
Two years later, Jiang Baili was imprisoned. Xu Zhimo was so excited that he carried a bedroll and accompanied Jiang Baili to jail. He actually slept on a bunk on the floor of the prison for the whole night.
Since Sun Chuanfang's defeat, Jiang Baili has been idle, and his main daily homework is reading and reading newspapers.
Recently, Jiang Baili discovered two interesting books, one called "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" and the other called "On Japan".
Jiang Baili read "On Japan" first because this book had fewer words.
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"On Japan" makes it clear in the first chapter that it is necessary for the Chinese to study the Japanese issue. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles."
The book mainly discusses Japan's theocracy, imperial power, culture, bushido thought, as well as the national system, social class, militarism, Meiji Restoration, southward and northward expansion (south Asia, the Pacific, and north Korea, Manchuria and Mongolia) policies, etc.
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Generally speaking, Dai Jitao's "Japanese Theory" has an objective and pertinent viewpoint, and the writing is calm and reasonable. It not only criticizes and satirizes Japan, but also slightly beautifies it in some places. The biggest advantage is that it has a good understanding of the formation and expansion of Japan's national system.
The strategic analysis is more in-depth.
Jiang Baili still praised "On Japan" very much. The only thing he didn't like was that Dai Jitao's words revealed a vague admiration for Japan.
After putting down "On Japan", Jiang Baili started reading "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" again. After just reading the opening paragraph, he felt mentally shaken.
Compared with Dai Jitao's Zhongzhengpinghe, Zhou Hexuan's writing is sharper and more straightforward. Both books regard Japan as a future enemy, but Dai Jitao is much more subtle, while Zhou Hexuan does not hide it at all, clearly stating that Japan will invade China.
When discussing Japanese national character, Dai Jitao only used the word "hypocrisy", but Zhou Hexuan used the word "contradiction".
In his book, Dai Jitao discussed Japan's "Southward and Northward Advance" strategy. He did not directly say that Japan invaded China, nor did he say that Japan would start another war with other powers. Zhou Hexuan directly pointed out that the Northward advance meant occupying North Korea and Northeast China, and the South
The next step is to occupy Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Sooner or later, China and Japan will have an all-out battlefield, and even European and American countries will be involved.
However, the two people still share some views. For example, Japan's wise choice is to unite with Germany to resist Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union.
But China's choices are completely different. Dai Jitao believes that China should also unite with Germany, but Zhou Hexuan believes that the United States should be supported.
Jiang Baili read the middle chapter of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", which was an illusion about the future war between China and Japan. The more he read, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but want to praise the case. Zhou Hexuan clearly pointed out that the Japanese's national strength was not suitable for a protracted war.
And China's strategic depth will drag the Japanese down.
If a war really breaks out between China and Japan, China can completely resist the war according to the ideas of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword". This is beneficial to China, and at the same time, it is not afraid of what Japan will do after reading this book, because since Japan wants to fight,
That would simply ignore these details.
Yes, ignore it.
Japan's wily politicians do not want a national war to break out with China at all, because they are well aware of their disadvantages.
It is the brainless soldiers who really start the war.
What, the Prime Minister doesn't want to fight?
In this case, for the future of the Japanese Empire, Prime Minister, please die!
This is the Japanese tradition of getting down and getting up.
Jiang Baili knew the Japanese very well. In history, after the war between China and Japan broke out, Jiang Baili was extremely optimistic about China's war of resistance. In the opening chapter of his book "The Japanese", he actually pitied the Japanese and believed that Japan was seeking its own death.
Many political, economic, diplomatic and other aspects predict Japan's defeat.
Jiang Baili looked at the two books in his hands. After reading them again, he couldn't help but write a review: "The recent events in Jinan and Huanggutun have once again set off a wave of hatred against Japan in China. We hate a country.
First of all, we must understand it. Hatred is not the purpose, but how to deal with it is the foundation. It is said that knowing oneself and the enemy can fight a hundred battles without danger. Mr. Dai's "On Japan" and Mr. Zhou's "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" are the most authoritative sources of research on Japan in China today.
His works are unparalleled in academic research on Japan, and can be called 'the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty'..."
As Jiang Baili said, the successive outbreaks of the Jinan Incident and the Huanggutun Incident led to rising anti-Japanese sentiment among Chinese people.
After "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" and "On Japan" were published, they were immediately sought after by progressive people from all walks of life, and their sales soared. The reviews and book recommendation columns of major newspapers and magazines also strongly recommended these two books.
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Zhou Hexuan is inexplicably known as the "Southern Dai and Northern Zhou" together with Dai Jitao, and is known as an expert on Japanese issues.
Japan pays great attention to China. Large newspapers like "Asahi Shimbun" have news about China every day. The two books "Chrysanthemum and Sword" and "On Japan" quickly spread to Japan, and they are also original Chinese versions.
Recognition and praise from Japanese scholars.
That's right, it's praise.
As for Zhou Hexuan's prediction of future war in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", it was directly ignored by Japanese scholars.
