日本幕末期的“万国公法”受容

The Acceptance of International Law in the Late Edo Period

自西方列强迫近东亚的那一刻起,东亚国家对"万国公法"的关注与吸收就已经开始了。虽然在对"万国公法"的引进上,中国与朝鲜走在了日本前面。但是,在灵活运用"万国公法"以追求外交利益最大化上,日本却收到了比之更具实在意义的效果。尤其是在幕末期(1853—1867年),日本对"万国公法"的认知、理解、翻刻以及传播,都具有深远意义。

Since the Western Powers oppressed the Eastern Asian,the Eastern Asian countries had already begun paying attention to and assimilating international law.China and Korea went in front of Japan in digesting and assimilating the international law.However,Japan had achieved much more practical effects by using the laws of nations flexibly to maximize diplomatic benefits.Especially,in the period of the late Edo era,Japan had achieved a propounding significance on the cognition,comprehension,re-carving and transmission of international law.