An Study Of Nitobe Inazo's Colonial Thought

In the Meiji restoration,many reform measures have been put forward by Japanese government.Economically,industry breeding and business initiating policy.Culturally,civilization and enlightenment.Militarily,learning from advanced countries.Then,Japan has become one of the world's great powers.After,between 1874 and 1945,Japan waged a series of wars of colonial aggression.The colonial thought was an important theoretical source of the colonial aggression.During this period,the noted colonial thinker included:Fukuzawa Yukichi,Goto Shinpei,Tadao Yanaihara and so on.The colonial idea of Nitobe Inazo was also important,its not just the commonness but the individuality.So,this paper is based on the original historical materials.This paper is mainly introduces the contents of the colonial thought of Nitobe Inazo,which went to study abroad and devoted to the education.As a colonial thinker,he has a huge shift in neutrality along with China has been invaded by Japan.Until he became a speaker of the Japanese government.This paper,in the one hand,It can break the traditional impression of Nitobe Inazo,It can further understand his important thought outside bushido.This paper is divided into four parts.The first part mainly introduces the life of the Nitobe Inazo.Tell about the life experience of his childhood and the inspiration for his growth and the early learning experience.And then introduces the experience of learning advanced knowledge in the United States and Germany.Then,introduce his social activities in Taiwan briefly.Then introduce the time that he served as the undersecretary of the league.The second part is the kernel of this paper.Some of it is the summary and arrangement of the former colonial ideas.The other part is the complement and development to the colonial thought.It includes the definition of colony and colonial policy,also,Nitobe Inazo has a reflection on colonial rules.The third part is the concrete practice of colonial thought in Japanese colonial expansion.It takes the case of the 9·18 incident in this article.To explore Nitobe Inazo's changes of Chinese before and after.Then writing Nitobe Inazo's comments after the Japanese dissatisfied with the national federation.The forth part comprises characteristics and evaluation.Today,the delicate relationship between China and Japan is still significant.At the same time,we should never forget the heinous crimes committed by Japan.Ignoring history is bound to have serious consequences.Japan's militarism and domestic reactionary must be highly regarded.This paper can be used to restore history and build up the correct values when facing the history of colonial aggression.