英文摘要 |
Niijima Atsuyoshi (1928-2002) was a Japanese scholar of Chinese studies and an active member of the so-called“Cultural Revolution Rite”in the 1960s. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Chinese studies, he authored books in which he fervently extolled the virtues of Mao Zedong Thought. Because the Cultural Revolution was generally dismissed and the fact that Niijima was a prominent proponent of the Cultural Revolution Rite in Japanese academia at the time, little attention has been paid to his scholarly insights. This article examines how he highlights the excellence of Mao Zedong Thought by discussing the relationship between the dualism of Yinyang in the I Ching and Mao Zedong Thought, and how he explores the significance of this relationship in academia and Japanese society. Niijima was not an expert on the I Ching, but his viewpoint is unique. Unlike contemporary the Chinese and Japanese scholars who tried to relate Mao Zedong Thought to traditional Chinese thought, Niijima argues that Mao Zedong Thought completely breaks with traditional thought, but still“negatively inherits”the traditional dualism of Yinyang, and it is precisely this“negative inheritance”that reveals the excellence of Mao Zedong Thought. Niijima’s views show how a fanatical scholar uses the Chinese classics negatively to support his Maoist theory. |