The Response Of Taiwan's Traditional Intellectual To The Change Of Current Political Situation In Japanese Colonial Period

After Sino-Japanese War,Taiwan and the Penghu islands was ceded to Japan.Governor-General of Taiwan established a colonial regime in Taiwan with the imperial Examination abolished and chaotic local public order,which is the local gentry has to confront.According to the response of Taiwan's gentry,academic circle divides them into two categories:Heading for the Chinese mainland and Staying in Taiwan.However,actual solution is complicated in specific cases.Degong Wu deeply influenced by the traditional education had became a person who had a cultural privilege in Changhua.As a part of the anti-Japanese struggle of Taiwan,Wu took active measures to stabilize social order,and chose to live in seclusion which is a passive resistance to Japanese rule after the struggle had failed.But under the pressure of livelihood and Japanese colonial authority,Wu eventually accepted the medal of honor and served as a counselor of local colonial authority.Besides,Wu along with Japanese Preferential Policies and Japanese Popularization Movement carried out,devoted himself to the revitalization and protection of traditional cultural all the time From this point of view,Wu is a typical case which represents the way of Taiwan's traditional intellectual to face with Japanese rule.In summary,what this thesis focuses on is the response of Taiwan's traditional intellectual under Japanese rule.Compared with the intellectual during Ming and Qing Dynasties,Taiwan's traditional intellectual took the same steps to foreign regime.Objectively,theinheriting of Sinology and Chinese culture depended on the endeavor of Taiwan's traditional intellectual.