在文学素养和思想资源上具有西方背景的阿部知二,出于对邻邦中国的关切,1930年代中期开始到中国北部旅行,以后又在上海一带长期居留。这一时期的中国经历,对于阿部具有两点意义:一是让他认识到了中国历史文化悠久深厚的力量,二是让他逐渐醒悟到了日本对华侵略战争的非理性并开始对此加以反省。战后他发表了一系列“上海物”的小说,表述了自己对于中国和中国人的理解。而1954年和1964年的两次访华,进一步激发了他人文主义思想中的社会主义因子,加速了他思想的左倾,也对中国产生了新的思考。 Abeichi, who has a western background in literary accomplishments and intellectual resources, began his travel to northern China in the mid-1930s for long after he was concerned about neighboring China. He later resided in Shanghai for a long time. The Chinese experience during this period had two meanings to Abe: first, he recognized the longstanding and profound strength of Chinese history and culture; second, he gradually awakened to the irrationality of Japan’s aggressive war with China and began to reflect on it. After the war, he published a series of novels about “Shanghai Wu”, expressing his understanding of China and the Chinese people. The two visits to China in 1954 and 1964 further stimulated the socialist factor in his humanism, accelerated the left leaning of his thinking, and gave new thinking to China.