Shandong People's Views Of Japan In The Thirty Years From The End Of Qing Dynasty To The Beginning Of Republic Of China

Adopting the method of combining regional history and mental history, this thesis explores Shandong people's views of Japan in the thirty years from the end of Qing Dynasty to the beginning of Republic of China.In the thirty years from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the outbreak of 9 ·18 Incident, there occurred a tremendous turn in China's traditional views of Japan which varied in accordance with the development of Sino-Japanese relationship, a gradual transition from admiring learning to resistance to Japanese invasion. In view of the delicacy and importance of the Shandong problem in this period, Shandong people's views of Japan were plausibly believed to be regionally representative of the whole Chinese people, thus a complex problem.Based on materials available, Shandong people's views of Japan will be addressed in four aspects: Firstly, the background, i.e. the entire Sino-Japanese relationship in modern times, the special status of Shandong problem in the history of Sino-Japanese relationship, and the contemporary rush of eastward tour in Japan;Secondly, the content, i.e. the deeper and wider views of Japanese education, industry, politics, culture and nationality;thirdly, traits, i.e. positivity, comprehensiveness, unilateralism, and politicization, the former three common to all Chinese while the last one most striking in Shandong;and lastly, influences and significances, including three interrelated parts that evolved forwards as time wore on, i.e. learning from Japan, surpassing Japan and resisting against Japanese invasion. In above analysis were manifested the turning changes of Shandong people's views of Japan in this period.Those gains and losses that contemporary Chinese acquired in the process of their observing and understanding Japan and Japanese culture claim certain right uses for reference.