冈仓天心的中国南北异同论

OKAKURA Tenshin's Theory of the Differences and Similarities between Northern and Southern China

近代日本美术史鼻祖及思想家冈仓天心(1863—1913)生平曾四度来中国旅行,并留下了不少文字。冈仓天心提出了中国"南北异同"论,将中国与欧洲相比较,提出中国是多元政治团体的合体这一看法,其宏观地从中国历史文化南北差异来论述的视角,具有独创性与先驱性。特别是冈仓天心从美术与文化观点梳理其对中国地理、空间多元性的独特构想,在今日来看也为我们在重新思考铸成"中国"此一世界的历史与文化动力之际提供了许多重要的线索。

As a thinker and a founder of the history of art in modern Japan,OKAKURA Tenshin( 1863—1913) traveled to China four times in his life and wrote a lot about China. In his unique and pioneering theory of the differences and similarities between northern and southern China,he compared China with Europe and considered that China is the integration of diverse political groups. Even today,his particular analyses of the diversity of China's geography and space will provide many important clues for us to rethink the historical and culture momentum that has molded 'China'.