- 著者
-
沈 国威
- 出版者
- 関西大学東西学術研究所
- 雑誌
- 関西大学東西学術研究所紀要 (ISSN:02878151)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.43, pp.119-130, 2010-04-01
After the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), Chinese began learning Japanese as a foreign language. They were motivated to learn Japanese in order to absorb new Western knowledge through Japanese books. They also felt that Japanese was easier to learn than Western languages. This paper will examine Chinese perceptions and knowledge of the Japanese language at the time by focusing on the statements of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao on the simplicity of Japanese. It will also delineate some aspects of Japanese language instruction at the beginning of the twentieth century.