Naze Nippon Dake Ga Chugoku No Jubaku Kara Nogarerareta No Ka "Datsuchuka" No Nippon Shiso Shi (PHP Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] How did Japan become a wonderful country that is far superior to China and South Korea? The secret lies in the history of Japanese thought, which has boldly continued to confront Chinese civilization. Successive Chinese empires have wielded "Chinese civilization" and exerted overwhelming influence over neighboring countries. Japan, however, was never swallowed up. What did the great Japanese thinkers such as Prince Shotoku, Saicho, Kukai, Ito Insai, Oginzio, and Hon'yi Nobunaga think? And how did the Japanese people completely eliminate "China" and reach the ideological heights of Japanese civilization unparalleled anywhere in the world? This is an original and astonishing introduction to the history of Japanese thought that vividly emerges from the perspective of relations with China.

なぜ日本は中韓から超絶した素晴らしい国になったのか。その秘密は、中華文明と果敢に対峙しつづけた日本思想史にあった。歴代の中華帝国は「中華文明」を振りかざし、周辺国に圧倒的な影響力を及ぼしてきた。しかし日本だけは、決して呑み込まれなかった。聖徳太子、最澄、空海、伊藤仁斎、荻生徂徠、本居宣長はじめ、日本の偉大な思想家たちは何を考えたのか?そして日本人は、いかに「中華」を完全に排除し、世界でも類を見ない日本文明の思想的高みに至ったのか?対中関係という視点から鮮やかに浮かび上がる、独創的かつ驚愕の日本思想史入門。