谎言的明治史——关于循环的观念

The History of Meiji Era in Lying: About the Concept of Circle

幕末明初以来,诸多政治势力此消彼长,其相互作用之间构成了危险的连锁,乃至形成了对立招致更大的对立、危机带来更大的危机的恶性循环。随着对立的扩大,人们不惜去说"必死的谎言""耍滑的谎言",形成了一部谎言的明治史。对于这种相互作用的连锁所带来的危机,明治人比我们更加敏感。本文将以明治时期的政治小说及明治期著名言论者德富苏峰为线索对此进行分析,阐明其始末并在此基础上对战后日本的任务进行重新反思。

Countless political forces have been forming and conflicting with each other since the late Edo period. Their interactions constitute a dangerous chain, and even form a vicious circle in which opposites lead to greater antagonism and crises bring greater crisis. With the expansion of opposites, people went so far as to say that ＂desperate lies＂ and ＂impudently lies＂, formed a lie history of the Meiji era. The Meiji people were more sensitive than us to the crisis caused by this chain of interactions. This article will be based on the political novels of the Meiji period and the famous definitive Sohou Tokutomi as clues to discuss the problem and to elucidate its origins. And furthermore, to reconsider the postwar task in Japan.