日本人剖腹自杀的历史文化因素

On the Historical and Cultural Factors of Japanese Seppuku

以剖腹为手段的自杀,在日本源远流长,是仅存于日本的独特现象。剖腹在日本历史上与武士、武士道相结合,逐渐形成了系统规范的仪式。剖腹自杀并非单纯以实现死亡为目的,而是一种繁琐的礼仪、一种追求近乎信仰的行为,有着深沉的历史文化蕴涵。

As a way of committing suicide,Seppuku,with a long history,is a unique phenomenon existing only in Japan.It being combined with Samurai and Bushido,a systematic and normalized ritual of Seppuku has been gradually formed.Seppuku is not simply for death,but a complicated ritual and an act of belief with profound historical and cultural implications.