辜显荣在近代中日关系史上充当的角色——以辜显荣的部分信函为例

The Role Koo Hsien-jung Played in the Modern Sino-Japanese Relations——Case studies of Koo Hsien-jung's Correspondence

日本占据台湾50年,为推行其统治之策,日本在台湾社会特意扶植了一批"亲日台人",其中,辜显荣最具代表性。他不仅在日本侵台当初,就充当日本侵台军队的"带路人",而且在其后的生涯中,始终积极为台湾总督府"治理"台湾出谋划策。辜显荣为日本可谓"竭尽全力",他通过与中国上层政治人物的一系列面谈及信函联系等方式,竭力诱惑这些人物"臣服日本",永远充当日本的附属国。从辜显荣的部分信函可以看出,辜显荣确实为日本军国主义吞并中国大陆"呕心沥血",凸现出中日近代关系史上一段极为特殊的博弈过程。

During the half century of Japanese occupation, Japan authority supported a number of ＂pro- Japanese people＂ for strengthening its rule over Taiwan. Koo Hsien-jung is a representative man of them. Not only did Koo guide Japanese army to invade Taiwan, but also helped Japanese settlers to make policies in his subsequent career. Koo tried with all his might to do for Japan. He tried to entice some politicians of the higher classes to ＂submit to Japan＂ and turn China into a dependency of Japan by means of correspondence or interview. From his correspondence, it can be seen that Koo Hsien-jung did try his best for Japanese mil- itarists to invade China, which also showed a period of special game in the modern Sino-Japanese relations.