《乙未台海战争与台湾知府黎景嵩》序

Preface of War of Taiwan Strait and Li Jingsong,Magistrate of Taiwa at the Time of Yiwei Period

黎景嵩,湘潭人,《马关条约》割让台湾时任台湾知府,"台湾民主国"成立任国会议长、国务委员兼台湾知府,率新楚军与刘永福黑旗军坚持了半年抗日。"民主国"是一个"名为独立,实依清廷"的临时抗战政权,不能构成"台独"分子借口。一个国家之罪错,不管过去、现在或前任、继任,都应由现领导向受害方道歉,它有利于化解民众怨恨和民族矛盾,这已形成当今国际新动向。中国政府对于中日两国关系一直主张"朝前看",而不少日本政要却没有面对历史的勇气,每每参拜靖国神社,不承认钓鱼岛为中国领土,此为当今我国文化艺术界抗日题材屡见不鲜之原因。历史上中日间曾互称"倭寇"、"支那",带有轻蔑色彩,著者于"引用语"、"叙述语"中区别使用。

Li Jingsong,a native of Xiangtan and Magistrate of Taiwan when the Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki,ceding Taiwan to Japan.He was the speaker of parliament,state councilor and magistrate of Taiwan when Taiwan Democratic Republic was founded,and he led Xinchu troop,together with Heiqi troop headed by Liu Yongfu,fought against Japanese for six months.The Taiwan Democratic Republic was an anti-Japanese power in the name of independence,actually it depended on the Qing government,so it couldn＇t be the excuse for the ＂Taiwan independence＂ activists.If a country did something wrong,no matter when it was made,i.e.in the past or at present,and no matter whether the former leaders or their successors did the wrong,apologies should be made by the current leaders to the victims.It is beneficial to dissolve public resentment and ethnic conflict,which has become an international new trend.The Chinese Government has always claimed the idea of ＂looking forward＂ about Sino-Japanese relations,but quite a few Japanese politicians haven＇t the courage of facing the history.They have made frequent visits of the Yasukuni Shrine,and failed to admit the fact that Diaoyu Island belongs to Chinese territory.That＇s why there are so many works on the subject of Chinese resistance against Japanese.Chinese and Japanese called his counterpart contemptuously by the name of ＂Japanese pirates＂ and ＂Shina＂ respectively in history.The distinction of such contemptuous names lies in ＂quotation＂ and ＂narrative phraseology＂ used by the author.