Strange And Familiar Existence Of The Other

Japan, as a close neighbor of China separated by only a strip of water, has a special image in the Chinese people's minds. It had a long and pleasant relationship with China in history. Since the end of 19th century, the Japanese army forces of aggression in China had left enduring hatred memories to several generations of Chinese. After the founding of new China, the two countries rarely contacted and exchanged with each other because of the ideological barriers. But after the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations in 1970s, Japan once more frequently presented in the view of the Chinese.Du Shu magazine started its publication in 1979 just accompanying with China's reform and opening up. As one of the most important "frontier" cultural magazines, Du Shu naturally paid great attentions to Japan's economic, cultural phenomena and social thoughts. This paper based on analyzing the articles whose theme is every aspect of Japan from 1979 to 2008 in Du Shu, try to summarize the construction of the Japan's nation image, and thus to reflect the Chinese intelligentsia's process of the cognition of Japan. In addition, by the Japanese image of the construction of the pros and cons, this paper try to put forward a number of significant references and prompts to the present complex relationship, and the psychological conflicts between the two countries'people.This paper is divided into three parts. The first part introduced and combed the nation image of Japan and the relevant research related Du Shu. According to the chief editor of three periods in Du Shu, the second part analyzed the Japanese nation image construction, and then chosen two typical cases in research. The third section summarized the three stages of the changing of Japanese nation image, and put forward a few proposals.