The Publication And Distribution Of Mao Tsetung's Works In Japan

The report of the 19th National Congress pointed out that China's roads,Chinese programs,and Chinese wisdom should be translated into various languages and spread to the world.In the new era after the Nineteenth National Congress,the emergence of Chinese culture as a new topic that cannot be ignored is also a publishing mission of the times.To mention Chinese wisdom,we must mention Mao Tse-tung Thought.As a world-recognized great man,Mao Tse-tung's thought crossed national borders and brought profound influence to the people of the world.In Japan,a neighboring country with a watery country in China,Mao Tse-tung's thoughts were mainly based on books and were widely disseminated.Studying the dissemination and publication of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan is conducive to summarizing the experience of the spread of Chinese culture overseas,thus it has realistic implications.The Mao Tse-tung writings studied in this paper including various documents,speeches,essays,poems,letters,quotations,and collections written by Mao Tse-tung.In terms of publication,they include domestic publication overseas distribution and publication and distribution both in overseas,which spans 85 years.The research aims to systematically analyze the spread of Mao Tse-tung's works during 85 years in Japan,combining with the historical background so as to figure out individual or a publisher who played an important role in the dissemination of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan.At last,this paper summed up the experiences and the factors that made a difference on the spread of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan.The research methods are divided into book history research method and statistical analysis method.The significance of the research lies in the fact that it fills the gap of the academic circles on the communication status of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan.This paper can be divided into three chapters.The first chapter generalizes the previous research and introduces the research purpose,questions,significance,and methods.The second chapter introduces the Laswell 5W model of the classical theory of communication,and systematically analyzes the situation of Mao Tse-tung's works'communication in Japan from five aspects:the subject of communication,the content of communication,the media,the audience and the effect of communication.The communication subjects of this paper are mainly publishers and translators,and the communication content concluded all the works published by Mao Tse-tung in Japan.Since this paper only studies the status of publishing and distribution,it does not analyze the specific text content,so as not to deviate from the theme.The media is the Japanese book distribution network and media publicity,and the audience and communication effect are evaluated based on the collected historical materials such as reader comments and book sales records.The third chapter is a summary chapter,based on the basis of the foregoing,analysis of many factors affecting the spread of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan.This paper concludes that the important influencing factors for the publication and distribution of Mao Tse-tung's works in Japan are the high correspondence between the historical background and the content of communication,and the influence of the historical tradition of China and Japan as well as the international political background.