Understanding and Misunderstanding Japan
Understanding and Misunderstanding Japan
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对日本的理解与误解
DOI：
10.1177/000271624121500118
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发表时间：
1941
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通讯作者：
G. Fisher
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G. Fisher
长期以来，西方作家一直认为日本人的思想是不可理解的，但他们中的一些人却试图解释这一点，好像要炫耀他们自己的聪明。然而，最近日本发言人自己抱怨说，日本建立“东亚新秩序”的目的一直被美国人误解，这一论点有了一点真实性。这一抱怨被轻描淡写地置之不理，说这根本不是误解的问题，而是不相信所谓的目的。但这样做是忽视了一种可能性，即这可能是日本人喜欢言简意赅的一个恰当的例证，这是对日本公众阅读字里行间的能力的一种恭维。当然，在日本人之间，他们经常遵循中国圣人的原则，他说：“没有人值得成为我的弟子，除非他能在我告诉他三个想法之后提供七个部分。"
WESTERN writers long have contended that the Japanese mind is inscrutable, but some of them have thereupon essayed to explain it-as if to parade their own cleverness. A tinge of truth, however, has lately been given to the contention by the complaint of Japanese spokesmen themselves that Japan's aims in inaugurating the "New Order in East Asia" were persistently misunderstood by Americans. This complaint has been lightly brushed aside by saying that it is not at all a matter of misunderstanding, but rather of disbelieving, the alleged aims. But to do so is to overlook the possibility that this may be a pat illustration of the fondness of the Japanese for saying less than they mean-a compliment to their public's ability to read between the lines. Certainly, among themselves, the Japanese often act on the principle attributed to the Chinese sage who said, "No man is worthy to be my disciple unless he can supply seven parts of an idea after I have told him three."