The Ningbo Writing and China Understanding in Goto Asataro's Journey to China
As a modern Japanese sinologist,Goto Asataro visited China more than 50 times in his lifetime and left behind over a hundred research works on Chinese society.There is a lot of writing about Ningbo among his numerous"Chinese travelogues"which contains the life of the people,histories and places of interest,natural sceneries,and the local customs of Japan.His writing about Ningbo is not only an imagine and longing of the ancient but also a reflection of the changes of modern Ningbo.The authenticity and intertextuality of his travelogues has influenced the formation and evolution of Japanese literati's understanding of China.It reflected Japanese understanding of China in the backdrop of the complexity of Sino-Japan relationship.
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