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，流行的观点有一种，认为作者对中国和朝鲜的态度几乎与帝国主义和殖民主义思想的影响分不开；第二种观点认为，他对整个欧洲，特别是对英国采取了不够相对主义的态度。本文通过分析Soseki已发表的作品、日记和书信，提供一种与主流观点不同的阅读方式，并在对东北大学图书馆收藏的作品以及新来源进行全面考察的基础上，进一步为这种替代阅读方式提供支持。传统观点中的不准确之处将得到纠正，同时将提出一项关于索塞基对亚洲和欧洲的看法的更大规模的调查，以挑战现状。

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.