著名儿童文学作家新美南吉的代表作《爷爷的煤油灯》是一篇曾被选入日本小学教科书的优秀作品。主人公巳之助在煤油灯身上发现了“便利”和“美”两种价值而开始了煤油灯买卖。可是当电灯出现后,具有个体“韵味”的煤油灯被迫消亡。主人公经过激烈的挣扎,选择了顺应社会实用主义价值观,勇敢而干脆地丢弃了所有的煤油灯。 Famous children’s literature writer Shin Min Nanji’s masterpiece, “Grandpa’s Kerosene Lamp,” is an outstanding work that has been selected as a Japanese primary school textbook. The protagonist has helped kerosene lamp kerosene lamp found in the “convenience” and “beauty” two kinds of values ​​and started the sale of kerosene lamps. However, when the electric light appeared, the kerosene lamp with individual “charm” was forced to die. After intense struggles, the hero chose to follow the values ​​of social pragmatism and boldly and simply discarded all the kerosene lamps.