From Aggression to Preservation:The Transformation of Sato Nobuhiro's Thought and Its Substance
In the middle of the Edo period,through contacts with Netherlands and other European countries,Japan gradually leant toward the West,and its admiration for Chinese culture was weakened.In the late Edo period,the Japanese began to disparage the Qing Dynasty,abandoning"the China-centered International Order"and even putting forward the"theory of invading the Qing Dynasty".However,as reflected in Sato Nobuhiro's On Uniting with China to Fight the Western Invaders,his attitude towards China after the Opium War shifted from conquering the Qing Dynasty to preserving it.The sixteen failures of the Qing Dynasty in dealing with Britain,as pointed out by Sato Nobuhiro in On Uniting with China to Fight the Western Invaders,were his misinterpretation.The essence of his"Preservation of the Qing Dynasty"was to use the Qing Dynasty to contain the aggression of the Western Powers and to defend Japan's own interests.
late Edo periodperception of ChinaSato NobuhiroOn Uniting with China to Fight the Western Invaderssixteen failures
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