从“北进南进论”到“南进论”——“中国通”大谷光瑞与台湾

From Northward-Southward Theory to Southward Theory:China Hand Otani Kozui and Taiwan

大谷光瑞是日本近代佛教家、探险家,以组织所谓亚洲“内陆探险”为世人所熟知,一生长期在华渗透。大谷光瑞在我国台湾的活动及其与台湾的关系,总体.上分为几个方面:以1914年开启的放浪之旅与1917年首次来台为契机,提出“北进南进论”;1930年代中期开始频繁往来台湾,并以《台湾岛的现在》等著作为依托,为台湾总督府出谋划策,鼓吹“南进论”;1940年开始以豪华别墅逍遥园为据点,一方面逍遥自适,另一方面撰写“兴亚”计划,培养“兴亚”人才,主张将台湾作为日本南进的中心,服务日本“大东亚共荣”的扩张国策。

Otani Kozui was a buddhist and explorer in modern Japan, who came to China frequently. He is best known for organizing the so-called Inland Exploration of Asia. His activities in Taiwan and his relationship with Taiwan can be divided into three stages: Marked by his unrestrained journey, which began in 1914, and his first trip to Taiwan in 1917, the first stage began, during which he put forward the Northward-Southward Theory. The second stage started in the mid-1930 s, he traveled frequently to Taiwan, advocated the Southward Theory and gave ideas to the Government-General of Taiwan based on his works, such as, The Status of the Taiwan. The last stage was after 1940. He used the luxurious Xiaoyao Villa as his base, wrote his Xingya Plan in a relaxed and comfortable state, and cultivated Xingya talents, arguing that Taiwan should be the center of Japan’s Southward Theory thus to serve Japan’s national policy of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity.