On Zhang Jialuan 's Studying Abroad And Japanese

Zhang Xiuluan,whose courtesy name was Zhizhang, was a famous journalist in contemporary China.He was born on March 20,1888 in Zouping, Shandong province.He died on September 6,1941 in Chongqing, and he died at the age of fifty three.He is the founder of Chinese journalism. He is also a well-known publicist and patriotic personage.He took the lead in serving the country by comments, which made him become a journalist. After the Revolution of 1911 broke out, he dropped out, returned to China from Japan to dedicate himself to the service of motherland.He firmly went in for press industry.He worked for many newspapers and periodical offices successively such as People’s independence journal,Yayan, Ta Kung Pao. Zhang Xiuluan who was held in high repute throughout his life disclosed unhealthy tendencies with a calm and impersonal attitude.He published a great quantity of encouraging political comments, so the evaluation of him became higher and higher. He took charge of Ta Kung Pao in 1926, and he insisted in the principle of “no party”, “no sell”, “no selfishness” and “no blindness”. He didn’t dread the threaten from the power and stress from society and he cared the rise and decline of the nation, which had great effect on guiding the public opinions and minds on major issues that contained Mukden incident and the conflicts and negotiation between China and Japan.With the influence of Zhang Xiuluan and Ta Kung Pao growing stronger and stronger, Zhang Xiuluan still calmly estimated the problems of Japan and analyzed the gap between China and Japan, and he sharply exposed the wild ambition of Japan to the public. Moreover, he claimed that at the critical moment of national survival, people must get well preparation for a protracted war to Japan. To understand his claim, it is necessary to retrospect his views on the whole Japanese nation which were deeply influenced by his experience during his studying abroad. This essay focuses on interpreting his early views on Japan through the analysis of his comments on the problems of Japan which were published on Xiasheng, People’s independence journal and Yayan.