冈千仞的中国观——以《观光纪游》为中心

The China Observation of Oka Senjin: Focus on “Sightseeing Travelogue”

中法战争前后,冈千仞受王韬之邀游览中国。在现实层面,声称要在中国寻找振兴汉学之道的冈千仞目之所及却是中国城市之破败、儒学之颓废、经毒之盛行、烟毒之泛滥及士人之闭塞,＂三毒＂侵体,病势尪羸。在确诊中国诸种病症后,冈千仞进献了＂药石之语＂。在内政上：禁鸦片;废科举,立学校;改制度,兴洋务;究格致之学,讲富强之实。在外交上：对欧美以礼相待,利用欧美矛盾折冲樽俎。显然,面对东方病症,自称汉学家的冈千仞开出的却是一签＂大仿欧美＂的西药处方。冈千仞的这种身份错位,以及在对甲申事变和琉球争端上所发言论的逻辑陷阱,反映的正是深藏于冈千仞思想底层的日本主义立场。

Around the Sino-French War, invited by Wang Tao, Oka Senjin visited China. Although Oka Senjin claimed to find a way to revive Chinese studies in China, when he saw the decadence of the Chinese city,the decline of Confucianism, the widespread of opium, and the seclusion of scholars, he put forward a western reform proposal. He suggested to ban opium, abolish the imperial examination system, develop science and technology in internal affairs, and treat the European and the U.S. governments with courtesy.?Obviously,Oka Senjin, who regarded himself as a sinologist, when facing the predicament of China, prescribed the western medicine. His identity and position and the logical trap embedded in his expression on the December Incident of 1884 and the disputes of Ryukyu, well reflected his Japan-centered thinking.