1921年三月下旬作为大阪每日新闻社的海外视察员,29岁的芥川龙之介集众望于一身,踏上了长达四个月的中国旅行,其所到之处包括上海,杭州,苏州,扬州,镇江,南京,芜湖,长沙,武汉,郑州,洛阳北京,大同,天津。这是芥川龙之介作家生涯中唯一一次海外旅行,这个拥有深厚中国古典文化底蕴的年轻日本作家用其特有的洞察力将其所见所感悉心记录,回国后将笔记整理,发表了纪行文《上海游记》 In late March 1921, as the daily inspector of Osaka Daily News Agency, 29-year-old Akutagawa Ryuuchi gathered together and embarked on a four-month trip to China that traveled to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Wuhu, Changsha, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Luoyang Beijing, Datong, Tianjin. This is the only overseas trip of Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s writing career as a young Japanese writer with profound Chinese classical culture. With his unique insight, he captures what he sees and senses and organizes his notes after returning home and publishes the book “ Shanghai Travels ”