日本中学历史教科书所见日清关系

在日本历史教科书的记述中,涉及日清关系演变过程中多个重要主题,在这些史实中着重叙述日本通过自身不断努力求得发展的过程和中国不断衰落的轨迹,以及由此引发中日关系在近代的转变。日本中学历史教科书中的叙述是将中国近代史作为理解日本近代史的背景来进行的,这样处理日清关系历史,就其实质而言,是其中国观的反映。

The Relations of Qing and Japan in History Textbooks of Japanese Middle School

The history textbooks of Japanese middle school involve several major themes of the evolution of the relations of Qing and Japan.The historical facts emphasize the course of Japan’s striving for the developments by herself and the track of increasingly decline of China,and thus leading to the transformation of the modern relations of China and Japan.The modern Chinese history was represented as the background to comprehend the modern Japanese history in the textbooks.Indeed,this approach to deal with the relations of Qing and Japan is the reflection of Japanese viewpoints on China.