日本與中國－－蔡培火的「母國」與「祖國」

Japan and China: 'Motherland' and 'Fatherland' of Cai Pei-huo

蔡培火（1889-1983） ，北港人，接受日本建民教育後，在日治時期參與了反瘟民體制運動，並在戰後歷任官職。過去關於蔡培火的研究，多半集中於戰前的部份，而對戰後少有著墨，且對蔡培火的評價多半有著某些刻板印象。但活躍於日治與國民黨統治時期的蔡培火，在歷史中所呈現的面貌相當多元，關於他的記載，往往也受到當時政治環境的影響。因此，本文試圖藉由蔡培火話語中，對於「目本」與「中國」的描述，參酌話語產生的氛圍，給于蔡培火一個新的評價。

Cai Pei-huo (1 889-1983), was born in Beigang, educated during the Japanese colonial period, and involved in the anti-colonial movement, but after \\吼叫， he served in the official under the rule of KMT. In the past, most of the studies about Cai focus on his pre-war activities. Oppositely, rare studies focus on his postwar period. Moreover, in most studies there are some sterotype of Cai. Actually, images of Cai in records are diverse which were not well studied. Therefore, by analyzing the discourse about Japan and China of Cai, this article attempts to give Cai Pei-huo a new evaluation.