[Why did the Japanese Wanyen avatar change from the spiritual godfather of Fukuzawa to the father of Shibusawa capitalism] Non-Confucian Sacred Book Road {Confucius Shibusawa}
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If you are careful enough to compare the changes between the old and new "business cards", you can find some of the mysteries, and you can even read the direction of social development and the change of ideology in Japan.
The details on the banknotes really need to be written down in a book, and the changes in the "banknote characters" are the most representative. Therefore, we will interpret the current direction of Japan from the changes between the old and new versions of the "banknote characters".
From the spiritual godfather of "leaving Asia and joining Europe" to the "father of Japanese capitalism"
The current version of the 10,000 yen portrait is an entry for Yukichi Fukuzawa.
Those who have studied high school history know that the Meiji Restoration freed Japan from poverty and weakness under the rule of the shogunate, and became a great power country and a leader in East Asia. But in it, some educators played a more important role than those military bigwigs who rushed into battle. Yukichi Fukuzawa is one of the most well-known of them.
In 1853, the "Black Ship Sailing" incident opened the door to Japan for the first time, and the Tokugawa shogunate was in urgent need of talents who knew the knowledge of Western culture.
After returning to Japan, Fukuzawa felt a great need to use the vitality of Western civilization to replace Japan's stubborn backwardness.
In order to cultivate modern talents, he founded "Rangakujuku", which is now Keio University, Japan's top private university. The entries of his books "Persuasion of Learning" and "Outline of the Theory of Civilization" also had a great influence on Japanese intellectuals.
Latin motto of Keio University East Building:
The Creator created equal individuals
If it is explained that the Restoration of the People's Republic of China modernized Japan's politics, then Yukichi Fukuzawa's enlightenment of Western studies injected the soul of civilization and enlightenment with real modern significance into Japan.
Fukuzawa was very knowledgeable, but he did not want to engage in politics and concentrate on teaching and educating people.
However, when it comes to this spiritual godfather of "civilization and enlightenment", we have to talk about "Leaving Asia" and "Breaking away from Asia and Entering Europe."
It can be said that the "Theory of Leaving Asia" at the end of the 19th century and the ideological trend of "breaking away from Asia and joining Europe" sowed the seeds for the later atrocities of Japanese militarism.
Fukuzawa's contribution to the enlightenment of modern Japanese civilization may be a tribute to the "spiritual godfather", and the portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi has been on Japan's highest denomination banknote for 35 years.
The portrait of the new version of 10,000 yen is Eiichi Shibusawa.
Interestingly, immediately after the release of the new version of the yen banknote, some good people registered Shibusawa's Twitter account.
In fact, in reality, the two "10,000 households" not only live in the same era,
The relationship between the two is also good
Compared with the far-reaching but abstract intellectual enlightener Fukuzawa Yukichi, Shibusawa Eiichi learned and applied Confucius's Analects and created deeds that were much more practical or down-to-earth.
He single-handedly founded the Daiichi National Bank, now known as Mizuho Bank, which is equivalent to the Big Five in Japan and China. In addition, he was closely related to the establishment of large commercial organizations such as the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Oji Paper Entry, and Nippon Sugar.
The entry of the Tokyo Stock Exchange is to celebrate Eiichi Shibusawa
I was elected as a portrait of the new 10,000 yen, and the character standing card on display
His group of affiliated companies has even been specifically called the "Shibusawa Zaibatsu", and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the "father of Japanese capitalism".
Interestingly, Shibusawa Eiichi was also deeply educated by Confucianism when he was a child, and was familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, and compared with Fukuzawa Yukichi, who believed that benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and wisdom were false appearances and thus criticized and abandoned Confucianism, Shibusawa Eiichi devoted his life to Confucianism as the guideline, believing that "benevolence, righteousness, and morality are the root of prosperity."
Based on this, his book "Analects and Abacus" advocates the "theory of moral economic unity", that is, enterprises should not monopolize the fruits of economic development, but should "return wealth to the people" and promote the collective prosperity of society.
As a result, he was also interested in education and philanthropy in addition to his economic activities, and he was involved in the establishment of the Commercial Law Institute (now Hitotsubashi University, equivalent to 985 universities in China) and Doshisha University (equivalent to 985 universities in China), as well as the establishment of charities such as the Tokyo Charity Association and the Japanese Red Cross.
From a radical thinker of civilization and enlightenment to a Confucian businessman who is enthusiastic about social welfare, the Japanese government must want to convey the desire to build a peaceful and prosperous society in a down-to-earth manner.
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