日本与中国一衣带水,文化往来源远流长,日本曾主动向中国学习、借鉴了包括汉字、儒学、宗教、艺术等诸多领域的文化,使其自身文明具有浓重的中华色彩。近代日本向西方学习,逐步鄙弃中国传统文化。晚清中国随着国门被启,不少开明士人东渡日本游历考察。从晚清士人的旅日游记中,可以反观中国国运、文化在晚清的衰落之势。 Japan and China have a long history of water and culture. Japan has taken the initiative to learn from China and borrowed from many fields including Chinese characters, Confucianism, religion and the arts, bringing its own civilization with a strong Chinese character. In modern Japan, it learned from the West and gradually turned away from traditional Chinese culture. Late Qing China as the country was opened, many enlightened scholars east to Japan tour inspection. In the late Qing Dynasty scholars travel book, you can view the Chinese national transport, cultural decline in the late Qing trend.