一 公元前后日本还处于新石器时代,西方如希腊、罗马等却早已建成发达的奴隶制国家了。日本和埃及、巴比伦、印度、中国等古老国家相比,农业的出现晚了好几千年,青铜和铁的使用也晚了几个世纪。尽管如此,日本还是通过朝鲜半岛间接地零星地接受了中国的先进文化。 Japan was still in the Neolithic Age before and after the 1st century BC, but the western countries such as Greece and Rome had long established developed slavery countries. Compared to the ancient countries of Japan, Egypt, Babylon, India, China, agriculture appeared several millennia later, and the use of bronze and iron was also over a few centuries later. Nevertheless, Japan indirectly or indirectly accepted China’s advanced culture through the Korean Peninsula.