视角选择与叙事平衡——评黄自进《蒋介石与日本:一部近代中日关系史的缩影》

Selection of Perspectives and Balance of the Narratives:A Review of Huang Tsu-chin's Jiang Jieshi and Japan:A History of Modern Sino-Japan Relationship Writ Small

《蒋介石与日本:一部近代中日关系史的缩影》一书对于蒋介石与中日关系的研究是全方位的,但聚焦于蒋的对日认识与"个人的情感"方向。该书确认蒋对日怀抱"深厚情结"与"特殊情谊",是百年来对日"亲善"的"代表"性政治人物。相对于多关注军事、政治脉络的既有研究,这一"情感"视角不乏新意。不过,该书的"亲善"叙事倾向性过大,影响到较多的史料取舍与史实解读,由此而涉及青年蒋的对日认识、北伐时期"蒋·田中会谈"、日军侵略华北与发动全面战争、蒋之军政大局应对方略,以及战后处置日本诸多重大历史问题的研究,值得在军、政与情感认识多个层面再作综合性探讨。

Huang Tzu-chin’s book Jiang Jieshi and Japan:A History of Modern Sino-Japan Relationship Writ Small provides a comprehensive research on Jiang Jieshi and the Sino-Japanese relationship,with a focus on Jiang’s perception of Japan and his'personal attachment'.In this book,the author reckons Jiang had'deep concern'for and'special attachment'to Japan and Jiang was a'representative'political figure having'good friendship'with Japan.This'emotional'perspective is quite innovative,compared with the existing scholarship mostly focusing on the military and political aspects.However,the narrative of'good friendship'is overemphasized in this book so much so that it influences the author’s selection of historical materials and interpretation of historical facts.Some important historical questions,such as young Jiang Jieshi’s perception of Japan,the negotiation between Jiang and Tanaga during the Northern Expedition,the Japanese invasion of North China and the total war afterwards,Jiang Jieshi’s military and political policies and the postwar treatment of Japan,need to be studied from multiple perspectives including the military,political and emotional aspects.