At the same time as "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" came out, it was a coincidence that a "Treatise on Japan" was published in the south, and the time difference between the two books was less than half a month. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Dai Jitao's "On Japan" has always been regarded as an important work in the study of Japan, and Japanese scholars believe that it is more profound than "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword".

After all, it is the Chinese who really understand Japan.

However, after "Chrysanthemum and the Knife" was greatly revised by Zhou Hexuan, the content has been changed beyond recognition, only the general idea of the original author has been retained, and even the content framework is different.

Shanghai.

There is a small western-style building on Guofumen Road, which was recently bought by Jiang Baili. He sold his old residence in Peking for 7,500 yuan, and took out a mortgage loan from the Industrial Bank, and finally scraped together enough money to buy his own house in Shanghai.

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Chang Kaishen, Sun Chuanfang, and Wu Peifu simultaneously sent out invitations, hoping that Jiang Baili would be their chief of staff.

Jiang Baili agreed to Wu Peifu at first, but he did not want to be an official, but wanted to persuade Wu Peifu to cooperate with the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army. Of course, Wu Peifu would not follow the advice, so Jiang Baili resigned and left.

Due to the traditional idea of temperance and righteousness, Jiang Baili did not want to deal with the two masters in the short term, and immediately refused the invitation 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 army, but as a position similar to that of the commander of the local garrison.

Jiang Baili has been reluctant to get involved in military and political affairs all these years, and he has a bit of a meaning of abandoning military force and following literature. The History of the European Renaissance written by him is still an important book for Chinese art students in the 21st century. In future Chinese history textbooks, the part about the meaning of the Renaissance basically follows Jiang Baili's view.

Not only that, Jiang Baili also participated in the creation of the Literary Research Association, joined the Crescent Society, and had a deep friendship with Xu Zhimo.

Two years later, Jiang Baili was imprisoned, and Xu Zhimo was excited, so he directly carried the bedding roll and accompanied Jiang Baili to prison - he really slept on the floor in prison for one night.

Since Sun Chuanfang's defeat and loss of power, Jiang Baili has been in a state of leisure, and his main homework every day is to read books and newspapers.

Recently, Jiang Baili found two interesting books, one called "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" and the other called "On Japan".

Jiang Baili first finished reading "On Japan" because the book has fewer words.

How so?

In the first chapter, "On Japan" begins with a clear meaning, saying that Chinese have the need to study the Japanese issue, just as the so-called "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles."

The book mainly discusses Japan's theocracy, imperial power, culture, and bushido ideology, as well as the national system, social class, militarism, the Meiji Restoration, and the strategy of southward expansion and northward expansion (Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the south, Korea, Manchuria, and Mongolia in the north).

Generally speaking, Dai Jitao's book "On Japan" is objective and to the point, and the writing is calm and reasonable. There are criticisms and satires of Japan, as well as a slight beautification in some places, and the biggest advantage is that it analyzes the composition of Japan's national system and expansion strategy in depth.

Jiang Baili still praised "On Japan", the only thing he didn't like was that Dai Jitao faintly revealed a kind of admiration for Japan between the lines.

Putting down "On Japan", Jiang Baili began to read "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" again, and after only reading the opening paragraph, he felt a spiritual shock.

Compared with Dai Jitao's Zhongzheng and peaceful, Zhou Hexuan's brushstrokes are more sharp and straightforward. Both books regard Japan as the enemy of the future, but Dai Jitao is much more subtle, while Zhou Hexuan does not hide it at all, clearly pointing out that Japan will invade China.

In discussing the Japanese national character, Dai Jitao only used the word "hypocrisy", but Zhou Hexuan used "contradiction".

In his book, Dai Jitao discussed Japan's strategy of "advancing from the south to the north," and did not directly say that Japan invaded China, nor did he say that Japan would go to war with the great powers again. Zhou Hexuan directly pointed out that to advance north means to occupy Korea and Northeast China, and to advance south means to occupy Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific, and that sooner or later China and Japan will have to have a full-scale war, and even Europe and the United States will be involved.

However, some of the two men still share some views, such as the wise choice of Japan to unite with Germany to resist Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union.

However, China's choice is very different, with Dai Jitao believing that China should also unite with Germany, while Zhou Hexuan believes that the United States should enlist its support.

Jiang Baili read the middle chapter of "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife", which was a false illusion of the future war between China and Japan. The more he watched, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but want to shoot the case, and Zhou Hexuan clearly pointed out that the Japanese national strength is not suitable for fighting a protracted war, and China's strategic depth will drag the Japanese down.

If war really breaks out between China and Japan, China can completely fight according to the idea of "Chrysanthemum and Knife". This is beneficial to China, and at the same time, I am not afraid of what Japan will do if it reads this book, because since Japan wants to go to war, it will simply ignore these details.

Yes, ignore.

Japan's scheming politicians do not want a national war with China at all, because they are well aware of their inferiority.

It is the soldiers who really provoke the war.

What, the Prime Minister is reluctant to go to war?

In that case, for the sake of the future of the Great Japanese Empire, Prime Minister, please die!

This is the Japanese tradition of Shimokojo.

Jiang Baili knew the Japanese very well, and in history, after the outbreak of war between China and Japan, Jiang Baili was extremely optimistic about China's war of resistance. In his book "The Japanese," he begins with pity for the Japanese, believing that Japan is seeking its own death, and predicting Japan's defeat from political, economic, and diplomatic aspects.

Jiang Baili looked at the two books in his hand left and right, and after re-reading them again, he couldn't help but write a commentary: "The recent Jinan incident and the Huanggutun incident have once again set off a wave of hatred against Japan in China. When we hate a country, we must first understand it, hatred is not the goal, how to deal with it is fundamental. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. Mr. Dai's "On Japan" and Mr. Zhou's "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" are the most authoritative works on Japanese studies in China today, and there is no other academic study of Japan, which can be called 'Southern Dai and Northern Zhou'......"

As Jiang Baili said, the successive outbreaks of the Jinan Incident and the Huanggutun Incident led to a rise of anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese people.

After the publication of "Chrysanthemum and the Knife" and "On Japan", they were immediately sought after by progressives from all walks of life, and sales soared. The review and recommendation columns of major newspapers and magazines also strongly recommend these two books.

Zhou Hexuan is inexplicable, and he is known as "Southern Dai and Northern Zhou" together with Dai Jitao, and is known as an expert in Japanese studies.

Japan is extremely concerned about China, and large newspapers like the Asahi Shimbun have news about China every day. The two books, "Ju and the Sword" and "On Japan", quickly spread to Japan, and they are also the original Chinese editions, which have been recognized and praised by Japanese scholars.

That's right, it's praise.

As for Zhou Hexuan's prediction of future wars in "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife", it was directly ignored by Japanese scholars.