Comparison Between The Mainstream High School History Textbooks

Because of geographically adjacent, China and Japan’s culture is similar to religion; the two countries are set up in high school history curriculum, and focus on the interpretation of modern world history. However, due to their own environmental and social development of all the differences of background, the two countries differ in terms of history curriculum. There are also quite different between history textbook writing system, content and other aspects. Because of the advancement of education in Japan, and both countries are at the Confucian cultural circle, similar to the written language. Chinese scholars are increasingly concerned about the system and the content of Japanese textbooks.In view of this point, this article selects and draws on the great influence in China and Japan in the two sets of high school history textbooks. Elaborated textbook writing of the two countries and other related issues such as the examination and approval of textbooks, and writing system and so on, and then compares the two versions of history textbooks compiled style, and analyzes the textbook content of the two countries. As the research of Chinese high school history textbook version is very rich and complete, so this article focuses on the interpretation of Japanese high school history textbooks.Finally, after comparing is systematic summary, trying on the basis of predecessors’ research with a new perspective, making a comprehensive and more practical summary and discussion on high school history textbooks for the two countries. In order to compare the two versions of high school history textbook with the content of writing, can be beneficial to the current high school history textbook writing of our country.This article is divided into four parts.The first part briefly introduced sino-japanese textbook system and the related content. Because the related scholars discussed the Chinese textbook system has very comprehensive, so this part focuses on the Japanese textbook examination and approval system. In the current view, after comparing, the accreditation system in Japan is relatively greater degree of freedom than the Chinese textbook system.The second part analyzes the high school history textbook’s compiling emphatically, which is the structure of the book. In this respect is that the two countries have their own advantages and disadvantages, China is better than that of neat and clear on the textbook structure, while Japan is more focused on relevant content closely combined with the special project Settings of the plates.The third part is the study of Chinese and Japanese high school history textbook content, focus on the interpretation of the four Japanese high school textbooks, concern of the choice of its content and features. Generally, Japanese Ancient History emphasis on the field of culture and the modern history emphasis on the political sphere. The Chinese textbooks are divided into three special topics political, economic and culture project, one topic pervolum. Three major areas are evenly divided on the content selection. The two countries all attach importance to the historical data and the selection of historical figures in the content, and the arrangement of content on each has its own characteristics.The end of the article is briefly summarize discussed, thinking results of high school history textbooks comparison between China and Japan. Summarized by the similarities and differences between the two countries textbooks, draw Japanese history textbooks can learn from it. And making further outlook of China’s high school history textbooks.