The Formation Of "private" Consciousness In Japanese Ancient Literature

China and Japan are on the edge of a strip of water,with cultural interaction,it seems that Japanese culture is really familiar to Chinese.However we should realize that although the Japanese culture is formatted and developed by promotion of Chinese culture,but the Japanese culture has a fundamental difference from Chinese culture.So after the introduction of Chinese culture,Japanese culture selected a way which seems to be similar with Chinese but remain their own national character for their literature.The private consciousness mentioned by this paper is the representative ideology in the national literature.I will provide plenty of examples of the classical texts of Japanese ancient literature from the period of The Kojiki to the female literature during the Heian Period.In addition,I will compare history editor system,marriage system,political system and other aspects between China and Japan.It will show the forming process of the Japanese national self-consciousness.This paper will be divided into the following three parts to discuss it:The first part is the concept of "private" consciousness.The idea of "private" is widely known by "private novel",and it is difficult to discuss "private novel" without discussing "private" consciousness."Private" is not a new concept from this paper,but a word,or a concept that is widely known in the field of Japanese literature.The corresponding Chinese word is "self",it can be said that "private" is Japanese expression of "self".The second part is the initial formation of the "private" consciousness,which is the main part of this article.Strictly speaking,the first record of literary works The Kojiki was produced during the Nara age.So I will plan to use two stages to describe the development of the "private" consciousness from the Nara age.The division in this article is based on the development of the degree of "private" consciousness,rather than based on time.The first stage came into being from the early days of Nara’s first historical book The Kojiki to the Japanese poetic thesis generation in mid-Heian Period.This stage is formation period of “private” consciousness.During this period,due to the study from messengers who sent to Tang Dynasty,Japanese entire society learned Chinese law,history and other culture,but based on the condition of Japanese country and people,the contradiction between the "public" brought from China and the local "private" is increasingly antagonistic.After the creation of their own national character,the Japanese literature found a way to express their own national mind.The second stage was the foundation period of "private" consciousness.During this period,Japanese character literature was accompanied bythe creation of authoresses.The works of authoresses had great influence on Japanese literature and aesthetic style,so I chooses two classic women writings The Pillow Book and The Tale of Genji and other authoresses’ literature works in this period as the object of study.From the marriage system,political and historical background and many other aspects of these authoresses,we will find maturation of the "private" consciousness.The third part is the continuation of "private" consciousness in Japan and the influence on modern Chinese literature.This part is divided into three points,the first point is hibernation of the "private" consciousness from the end of the Heian Period to the start of the Meiji Restoration,the second point is the recovery of "private" consciousness after Meiji Restoration with the introduction of western literature and severe Japanese domestic political situation,the third point is the "private" consciousness’ s influence on modern Chinese literature.