战时日本人的狂热信条

• 作 者: 鲁思·本尼迪克特 唐晓鹏 王南
• 出 处: 书摘
• 发表日期: 2005年08期
• 关键词: 战时日本 文化源头 山下奉文 西乡隆盛 皇道 陆军大臣 双筒望远镜 国家主义者 不知道 海军大臣

每个民族都有关于战争的信条,其中有一些是西方各国通行的,因为这些国家属于同一个文化源头。而日本发动战争的理由几乎与美国相反,他们对国际局势的理解完全从另外的角度出发。美国认为是轴心国的侵略导致了战争,他们在满洲国、埃塞俄比亚和波兰毫无道理地欺压弱小,他们践踏“自己生存也让别人生存”的法则,侵犯了对自由

Each nation has its own creed about war, some of which are pervasive in the West because these countries belong to the same cultural source. The reasons for Japan’s war are almost the opposite of those of the United States. Their understanding of the international situation is entirely from a different point of view. The United States believes that the aggression of the Axis Powers led to the war. They infringed on the principle of freedom in Manchukuo, Ethiopia and Poland unjustifiably. They violate the principle of “living by themselves and letting others live”