Using people as a mirror can tell gains and losses, and using history as a mirror can tell rise and fall. No matter how the times change, the rolling wheels of history always move along similar trajectories.
Many things in the world seem to follow certain rules and repeat. Therefore, the situation in front of you can always find similar situations in the past, and you can also get a glimpse of the future by understanding history.
Nowadays, most countries in the world have escaped from the nightmare of war. The painful experience of World War II is no longer a personal experience for modern people, but the pain brought by war can still hurt people's hearts through the words in a history book and a few cultural relics lying in a museum.
Unfortunately, Japan, which once provoked the war, did not reflect on the crimes it committed. Japanese writer Oe Kensaburo even predicted that Japan would likely repeat history after seeing the current situation in Japan.
militarism
In history, in order to consolidate his regime, the seeds of militarism were sown on the land of Japan. This idea concealed and controlled the Japanese people, and was manifested as crazy aggression to the outside world. After the end of World War II, this idea became despised by people, but now militarism is rising again in Japan.
The development of Japanese militarism was completely accompanied by disasters from other nations. To be more precise, Japan's militarism is a monster that grew up through crazy aggression wars and absorbing the blood of other nations. What is more afraid of is that the growth history of this monster is the history of Japan's rise.
1868, militarism began to appear in Japan. At that time, in order to consolidate his centralization, the emperor established the economic foundation of militarism, and during this period, Japan began to invade and expand foreign countries.
1878, with the release of "Soldiers' Admonition" and "General Staff Headquarters Regulations", the development of militarism entered the second stage. Japan formed a complete militarist system in the political, economic, military and cultural fields within, and launched a more crazy war of aggression outside.
1894, under the promotion of militarism, Japan provoked the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. Six years later, Japan, which tasted the sweetness, joined the Eight-Nation Alliance, invaded China. In 1904, the bold Japan turned its guns to Russia.
1914, World War I broke out, and Japanese soldiers brainwashed by militarism naturally participated in it. They used war to burn, kill, loot, and turn others' warm homes into purgatory on earth.
However, after World War I, Japan did not become a defeated country, and escaped punishment by chance, which also made it more eager to plunder more resources through war.
1931, Japan, which had long been coveted against China, launched the " September 18th Incident ", and launched a full-scale war of aggression against China six years later.
Of course, for the crazy militarists, a small Asia naturally could not satisfy their appetite. In 1941, Japan launched the Pacific War , and even wanted to expand its battlefield to the territory of the United States.
It was not until the United States threw two atomic bombs onto Japan's territory that the crazy militarists seemed to calm down. In 1945, with Japan surrendering to , militarism completely declared the destruction of .
Since the emergence of Meiji Restoration militarism, Japan's invasion and expansion has not stopped. Most countries in Asia have basically had a history of invasion by it. It is undeniable that militarism has not only brought considerable harm to the ordinary Japanese people, but also brought heavy disasters to the people of the world.
Rebirth of the Defiled Land
This cancer of militarism once brought painful history to Japan and the world, but this terrifying demon now shows signs of rebirth of the Defiled Land.
Not long ago, the news that a Chinese star visited the Yasukuni Shrine touched the nerves of countless Chinese netizens.In fact, there are various large and small shrines everywhere in Japan, and when Chinese people travel to Japan, they often use the famous local shrines as attractions to visit, but the Yasukuni Shrine cannot be regarded as a "simple attraction" in any case.
The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo enshrines soldiers who died in battle for Japan and their families . However, the so-called "death for Japan" does not mean that these soldiers are heroes who defend their hometowns. On the contrary, they are all demons who participated in the war of aggression.
Yasukuni Shrine was established in 1869. At that time, it was named "Tokyo Soul Club ". After being taken over by the Japanese military, it was officially renamed Yasukuni Shrine, becoming an important place to beautify the Japanese war of aggression and a microcosm of the germination of today's militarism in Japan.
Yasukuni Shrine has become a political tool for Japanese politicians. As long as they need the support of voters, they will go to worship to show their "right-wing spirit" .
There is a monument next to the gate of the Yasukuni Shrine. The reliefs on it depict the scene of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. What is ridiculous is that Japan did not reflect on its past mistakes in the reliefs describing the war of aggression, but described how fierce the Japanese army fought at that time and how rich the results were.
In the Yasukuni Shrine, in addition to the temple to worship, you can also find a museum called " Youjuguan ", which stores items left by the Japanese army during World War II and describes their so-called "that history".
In these descriptions, the heinous crimes committed by Japan were beautified as acts of "helping other countries to progress and develop", describing the common people who died tragically under the knife of the Japanese invaders in the Nanjing Massacre as "Chinese soldiers who put on makeup and became common people", and describing the wolfish ambition of the "September 18th Incident" as "going into the city to find missing Japanese soldiers."
In an English translation in the museum, the Japanese used the term "occupy" without any hesitation, but even so, they had to package their inhumane crimes of aggression as "helping other countries make progress."
Interestingly, China and Japan were both forced to open their doors because of their backwardness, and the Chinese people and the Japanese people also resisted, but as time passed, the two nations had completely different views on the reflections on this period of history.
Once Britain used opium to pry open China's national gates. Now, the statue of the national hero Lin Zexu stands in the place where " Humen cigarettes are removed ". On the other hand, Japan, which was also bullied by the United States, has built a statue of a "black ship" on its territory.
Japan never seems to think that the invaders are wrong. They thank the United States that once invaded Japan, and similarly, they believe that the invaded Asian countries should also be grateful to them.
Japan's political situation is serious today. The Yasukuni Shrine has now become a "popular tourist attraction" for politicians, and it has also become a nourishment of Japanese militarism today. Japan has never reflected on its own crimes. What they reflect on is nothing more than why they have lost the war.
sounded the alarm
Nowadays, the "right-wing" Japanese political situation has brought the entire Japanese atmosphere to extremes again, and politicians are constantly using more "right-wing" behavior to win over the hearts of the people.
The people are going to extremes under the impact of waves of "right-wing" ideas. Under such a wave, Kensaburo Oe keenly captured the signs of militarism and stood up to sound the alarm for the people.
Kensabu Oe is a very thoughtful Japanese writer. He has visited China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Eastern Europe and other regions, and won the Nobel Prize in 1994 .
At the same time, he was also a victim of Japanese militarism in the last era. Kensaburo Oe was born in 1935. At that time, militarism was already popular in Japan. Kensaburo Oe watched Japan gradually become stronger from its decline, and emptied the people in the war, and finally died out under the nuclear bomb .
He knew very well that militarism was nothing more than a means of politicians and rulers to make money, and this method would bring disaster to both the ordinary Japanese people and the people of the world.However, it is not easy to eradicate militarism in Japan.
Japanese militarism has a strong historical background. In history, Japan has written militarism into its tradition. This idea provided the basis for aggression and expansion for Japan back then, and also provided the current Japan with the theory of evading guilt.
In addition, militarism and the traditional Japanese Bushido are cleverly combined and recognized by most ordinary Japanese people. Although Japan experienced peaceful transformations in the United States after World War II, "right-wing thought" is still the mainstream thought of Japan.
Summary:
As the Japanese authorities' "right-wingization" becomes increasingly fierce, militarism that once brought world disasters to the world showed signs of recovery, even though Oe Sankenro's warning seemed a little vulnerable under this raging momentum.
However, how to truly eliminate militarism and prevent tragedy from happening again is a problem that Japan has to face. For China, in the face of the former invasion of the filthy mind, in addition to constantly warning and accidental warnings, we must also strive to improve our own strength.
We should remember the history of being beaten for being backward, inherit the national spirit of the revolutionary ancestors, arm ourselves with strength, block bad-minded invaders from the country, and prevent the tragedy of history from happening again.
