Okuno Shintaro’s Study Experience In China(1936-1938)

The famous Japanese researcher of Chinese literature and essayist Okuno Shintaro(1899-1968),from 1936-1938,successively received two different official-funded foreign students,the "third general supply student" and the "researcher in China" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Status of studying in Beijing for two years.During the period,he published more than forty essays about China,recording and describing his life when studying abroad,and his experience of war in the "July 7 Incident".These essays of his have a certain influence in the Chinese literary circles in Japan.Okuno’s study abroad experience and the historical background of the two studying abroad identities are the "Oriental Cultural Project" hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the study abroad system in it.This system had a profound impact on modern Japan’s study in China,Sino-Japanese cultural and academic exchanges.In addition to Okuno Shintaro,famous Chinese researchers such as Takeuchi Yoshihide and Minato Kehide have all studied in China based on the "Oriental Cultural Business" for academic research.As a foreign student at the official expense of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Okuno Shintaro’s activities to study abroad in China are inextricably linked to the status of an official foreign student.An in-depth understanding of "Oriental Cultural Business" is of great significance for analyzing Okuno Shintaro’s experience of studying in China.However,most of the previous studies of Okuno Shintaro ignored the importance of this cultural undertaking(policy)in China,and the related investigations were still very weak.This research pays attention to the current situation of advanced research,and attempts to investigate Okuno’s form and experience of studying abroad from the perspective of the institutional background of Okuno’s study in China-the "Oriental cultural career",and explore the turbulent times,the Ministry of Foreign Affairs How does the status of an official-funded international student affect Okuno’s study abroad experience? In the interaction and comparison between personal study abroad experience and the special historical environment,it reveals the different aspects of academic and cultural exchanges between China and Japan in the 1930 s.There are six chapters in this research,which are divided into three parts: introduction,main text and conclusion.The main text is composed of four chapters.The introduction focuses on the origin,significance,content and methods of the research.It is clear that the significance of this research is to clarify the academic,educational,cultural and other factors and countries in the field of modern study abroad through Okuno Shintaro’s on-site perception of the historical scene,combined with the analysis of the historical structure of "Oriental cultural undertakings" in the special era The complex connection between ideologies provides a new interpretation for the understanding of the academic exchanges between China and Japan in the 1930 s.The first chapter mainly summarizes the "prehistory" of Okuno Shintaro’s visit to China,pointing out that the Sinology education he received since his childhood laid an important foundation for his later research on Chinese literature;his admiration for Nagai Lotus in his youth influenced him The formation of literary aesthetics;and the romantic and anti-vulgar aesthetics of the lotus style finally had a profound impact on the Chinese narrative and narrative perspective of Okuno Shintaro when he was studying abroad.The second chapter is a detailed investigation of the direct background of Okuno Shintaro studying in China-the "Oriental Cultural Undertakings" of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and clarifies the "first to third types of supplementary students" and "researchers in China" as his study abroad status.The specific content,historical evolution and implementation process of the two overseas study systems."Oriental cultural undertakings" present complex historical dynamics as the situation changes,and become a special historical background for Okuno Shintaro to study and experience China.Search and examine Okuno Shintaro’s overseas study files in the archives published by the Asian History Archives Center.Through this batch of documents including application documents for studying abroad and related communication letters from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,the timeline of Okuno Shintaro’s stay in China,the status of staying funding,the study subjects and academic investigation plans were determined,and the important details of his study abroad were unearthed in order to reconstruct Okuno Shintaro China The historical scene of the study abroad experience provides factual evidence.The third chapter examines the relationship between Okuno Shintaro’s study in China and "Oriental cultural undertakings" from three aspects: academic research activities,daily life perceptions,and non-daily war experiences.Exploring the official background of "Oriental Cultural Business" projected the light and shadow of Okuno Shintaro’s study abroad experience.The fourth chapter analyzes the surface form and inner structure of Okuno Shintaro’s experience of studying abroad in China [This word is very ambiguous.It’s not very suitable either.][Changed to "Structure" ],by presenting[Used incorrectly.] [Changed to "presentation" ] The gloomy atmosphere of reality is in clear contrast with Okuno Shintaro’s living records of studying abroad,showing the separation of surface form and internal structure in Okuno’s study abroad experience.Okuno Shintaro’s study abroad activities centered on his Chinese literature research and Chinese taste,and he actively chose to keep a distance from current politics.This reflects Okuno’s intention to avoid political conflicts between China and Japan,and emphasizes on showing the "daily nature" of China’s speech tendencies in extraordinary times.Shows a soft resistance to the oppression of imperial ideology.All in all,this research conducts a detailed review of the "Oriental Cultural Undertakings" and examines the morphology and structure of Okuno Shintaro’s experience of studying abroad in China under the turbulent situation of China and Japan.By clarifying the weak parts of the research on China’s understanding of Okuno Shintaro’s study in China,reconstruct the details and overall of his study abroad activities,and explore the outside and inside of his Chinese study abroad experience.Okuno Shintaro was born and entered the world to experience studying abroad in China in the sinister situation.With a posture of focusing on academic research and literary practice,he expressed his resistance to imperial ideological oppression,presenting a daily aspect of the academic and cultural exchanges between China and Japan in the turbulent era..