Akutagawa Ryunosuke,who was fond of Chinese classical literature since his childhood,had been specially fascinated with the romantic Jiangnan.Before the journey to China,he wrote works full of romance and exoticism about Jiangnan theme,such as The Christ of Nanjing and Encounter.In 1921,he traveled to China as an overseas correspondent for the Osaka Daily News Agency.But the continuous desolation and westernization of Jiangnan made him very disappointed,and the romantic and poetic image of Jiang-nan in his fantasy began to fade.At the same time,a real Jiangnan,suffering from both domestic trouble and foreign invasion,ap-peared in his writing.However,his sight of"observing the human"made him find the resistance spirit and revolutionary will rooted in the people in Jiangnan.He saw the new face of Jiangnan from the Chinese people full of revolutionary spirit and felt the rebirth and hope of China from it.
关键词
芥川龙之介/江南形象/中国趣味/中国革命
Key words
Akutagawa Ryunosuke/the images of Jiangnan/Chinese taste/Chinese revolution