中日两国都位于世界的东方，在文字、文学乃至文化上存在诸多渊源关系，这往往容易给人错觉，似乎可以用诸如“东方思维”、“东方情调”一类描述来包容两者，实际上，两国文学基本观念存在根本差异。这种差异往往妨碍到彼此的理解。在中国的文化大革命开始后的第二年，日本四 Both China and Japan are located in the east of the world and have many origins in writing, literature and even culture. This tends to give people an illusion that it seems that they can be accommodated by such descriptions as “oriental thinking” and “oriental mood” On the basic concepts of the two countries there are fundamental differences. This difference often hinders mutual understanding. The second year after the start of the Cultural Revolution in China, Japan IV