在十九世纪的亚洲观上,福泽谕吉所提出的“脱亚论”在日本国内掀起了轰动,这彻底颠覆了日本自古以来以中国大陆文化为信仰的亚洲观。在福泽谕吉的脱亚论中,他对以中国、朝鲜为代表的亚洲各国提出了新的看法,即对亚洲落后停滞不前的状况的蔑视。而与之相反,已经进入文明阶段的日本具有无比的优越性,应该学习模仿西方国家成为亚洲的领导者和支配者。 In the nineteenth century view of Asia, Fukuzawa Yukichi proposed a “off Asia theory” that caused a sensation in Japan, which completely overturned Japan’s concept of culture of Chinese mainland since ancient times. In Fukuzawa’s theory of exile from Asia, he has put forward a new view on the Asian countries represented by China and North Korea, namely, his disdain for the stalled Asia’s backward conditions. On the contrary, Japan, which has entered the stage of civilization, has unparalleled superiority and should learn to imitate Western countries to become Asia’s leaders and dominators.