Fuku Okina Hyaku Wa Gendai Go Yaku (Kadokawa Sofuia Bunko SP I - 106 - 2)

[Machine Translation] Today's happiness is the result of the hardships of our predecessors, and it is our own hardships that will build the happiness of our descendants. This is a masterpiece of Yukichi Fukuzawa's talks to his guests, which he edited himself. He presents his views on natural science, the relationship between the government and the people, the state of married couples, children's education, environmental sanitation, physical health, and other issues from a Western perspective. The book provides a broad overview of Fukuzawa's thought as an Enlightenment thinker and educator. The famous book, which directed the spirit of the new Meiji era, can be enjoyed in an easy-to-understand modern translation.

今日の幸福は先人たちの辛苦の賜物、子孫の幸福を築くのは、われわれの辛苦にある-。福沢諭吉が来客相手に語った談話を自身で編んだ代表作。自然科学をはじめ、政府と国民の関係、夫婦のあり方、子供の教育、環境衛生、身体の健康などを西欧に通じる考え方から快活に持論を展開。啓蒙家・教育家としての福沢の思想のすべてが大観できる。明治という新時代の精神を方向付けた名著を現代語訳で平易に味わえる。