Reexamining Asia and Europe in the Works of Natsume Soseki

关于夏目漱石对亚洲（特别是中国和朝鲜）和欧洲的看法，普遍的看法是，作者对中国和朝鲜的态度实际上与帝国主义和殖民主义思想的影响密不可分;第二，他对欧洲，特别是对英国采取了一种不够相对主义的态度。本文分析了Soseki的出版作品、日记和信件，以提供一种不同于主流观点的阅读，并进一步通过对东北大学图书馆收藏的作品以及新来源的全面审查，为这种替代性阅读提供支持。传统观点中的不准确之处将得到纠正，而对Soseki对亚洲和欧洲的看法的更大调查将提出挑战现状。

The prevailing views on Natsume Soseki’s perspectives on Asia (particularly China and Korea) and Europe are one, that the author’s approach to China and Korea is virtually inseparable from the influence of imperialist and colonialist ideas, and two, that he took an insufficiently relativistic approach towards Europe in general and towards England in particular. This paper analyzes Soseki’s published works, diaries, and correspondence to offer a reading that is different from leading opinions, and further, to establish support for this alternative reading based on a thorough examination of works collected at the Tohoku University Library as well as new sources. Inaccuracies in the conventional perspective will be corrected, while a larger survey of Soseki’s views on Asia and Europe will be presented to challenge the status quo.