论日本第一部现代自传:《福翁自传》

On Japan’s First Modern Autobiography:Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa

福泽谕吉口述《福翁自传》是日本第一本现代意义上的标准自传。福泽谕吉以启蒙者、教育者、明治历史的亲历者等一系列公开的社会身份,真实而生动地讲述了日本明治维新时代的历史巨变,成功塑造了一个自由独立,具有自我意识的现代传主形象。

Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa dictated by Yukichi Fukuzawa is the first standard modern autobiography in Japan.As the enlightenment thinker,the educator and the eye-witness of Meiji period,the autobiographer recounts the historical changes in Meiji Restoration in a faithful and vivid manner and successfully shapes his selfawareness distinct from the conventional one and the modern autobiographer’s image featuring freedom and independence.