“中国通”大谷光瑞与近代上海

“China Hand” Otani Kozui and modern Shanghai

大谷光瑞是日本近代宗教家、探险家,同时也是长期在华活动的“中国通”。大谷光瑞在上海的活动及其与上海的关系持续近半个世纪,主要分为两个时期:从19世纪末到1920年前后,多次到上海旅游探查,派遣门徒参与辛亥革命;1920—1940年代,开始鼓吹对华强硬,并在日本全面侵华时期提出比较详细的殖民计划。此外,他以上海“无忧园”和上海别院为据点,一方面游园作诗、品味美食,另一方面从事渗透活动和所谓“兴亚”人才培养,为日本侵华提供支持。

Otani Kozui was a modern Japanese religionist and explorer, as well as an active “China hand” in China for a long time. His activities and engagement in Shanghai lasted for nearly half a century, mainly including: repeated expeditions in Shanghai from the late 1900s to in and around 1920, and dispatching of his disciples to participate in the Revolution of 1911. From the 1920s to 1940s, he began to advocate being tough on China and put forward a relatively detailed colonial program during Japan’s comprehensive invasion of China. In addition, by taking the strongholds of “carefree garden” and his residence in Shanghai, he toured the garden, wrote poetry, and tasted delicious food while engaging in infiltration activities and the so-called talent training for co-prosperity of Asia, providing support for Japan’s invasion of China.