The Third Night Of The Ten-night Dreams And The Chinese View Of Natsume Souseki

Ten-Night Dreams written by Natsume Souseki which was published in the Asahi Shibun in 1908, serves as a link between past and future in his works. This book mainly elaborates the writer's reflections and feelings for the aspects of love, society and history, which consists of 10 lustrous and dazzling stories that are simple in structure, well in arrangement, uncomplicated in details and a few characters. This paper is aimed at discussing the third night in this book which just have two characters inside: “the kid” and “I”, whose relationship has been always regarded as the researching forcus to the researchers at home and abroad, because it has deep metaphor. Moreover, in this chapter, the kid is like a mirror which reflects ‘ my' past, present and future. To some extent, it doesn't include a conception of time but also involves more meaning. Finally, the “five years culture” and “one hundred years” are also treated as another implication. Natsume soseki once said “he won't be willing to make others uncover the mystery until one hundred years later. Therefore, the sympol of the kid, the relationship between the kid and ‘I', five years culture and one hundred years will be the researching core of the paper. Then, as for the writer himself, he was cultured by Chinese deeply since a kid which had a deep influence on his philosophy. Meanwhile, he a Japanese who was born during the period of Meiji was also influenced by the reform, which changed his Chinese View sutlely.Thus, besides the two aspects, the deepest researching intention in the paper is Natsume Soseki's Chinese View.Firstly, the paper starts with a simple description of the third night of the Ten-Night Dreams. And then questions are proposed and analysised. Such as why the kid knows everything with blindness; Why he is just a kid but he talks like an adult; Why ‘I' know the relationship with the kid although it's just a dream. Except these questions, Natsume Souseki endowed a special meaning with the time 1808 when ‘I' killed the kid.Next, this paper will state what the close relation between the Chinese culture and Japanese culture and why Japanese chose westernization with the comparation between eastern culture and western culture.At last, at that age, Natsume Souseki was cultured by both the classic Chinese culture and the impact of the modernization. Lying in this matter, how Natsume Soseki's complicated Chiness View formed? How to balance these two outlooks? And whether is it an implication or a warning which is usuful for him to develop his thoughts or the development of Japan?Generally Speaking, the Ten-Night Dreams well explains the writer's complicated mind that his deep considerition of Chinese View. It implicates the further relation between Chinese culture and Japanese culture. With the criticization to the westernization of Japan, he also showed his complicated mind about Chinese culture in this book. However, it comes to that the integration between eastern culture and western culture is inevitable. And it's not only the description of that age but also an indication or warning of the society and personal traditional thoughts.