Japanese love face, but have a sincere conscience; Their soldiers can be trained like robots, but they will get out of control and even make mistakes.
They admire western culture, but they are conservative and stubborn; They love beauty and art, but they also worship the honor of swords and samurai. They are extremely aggressive, very gentle by nature, and so on.
The author wrote a book in the first half of the last century as a reference for American decision-making in the war against Japan. Today, 60 years have passed, and the world environment has undergone profound changes. From war to defeat, from weak to strong, from strong to decline, the Japanese also experienced psychological shocks, and contradictory figures repeatedly appeared in front of us.
The causes of the contradiction between Japanese and Japanese in Chrysanthemum and Knife are as follows:
The formation of a nation's character is influenced by many factors, such as language, geographical environment, culture, civilization and attitude towards foreign cultures.
Geographically speaking, Japan is surrounded by the sea, mountainous, narrow in territory and lacking in resources, and prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The diversity and frequency of natural disasters, coupled with the relative stability of Japan's climate, have created the capriciousness and sensitivity of Japanese character and the sense of urgency to nip in the bud.
Culturally speaking, Japanese culture has been influenced by China culture and western culture on the basis of local culture, showing diversified characteristics. From the perspective of local culture, Japanese culture is primitive and influenced by geographical and environmental factors.