臺灣 知識人 魏淸德의 20世紀 初 東北亞 各國에 대한 認識

Abstract

This paper intends to analyze the perspective of a Taiwanese intellectual Wei Qing-de on the Northeast countries including Japan, Joseon, China and Manchuria in the early 20th century, based on the travelogue of the journey to Japan, Joseon, China and Manchuria. Wei Qing-de, who was born in Taiwan and lived there his whole life. Wei Qing-de was one of the Taiwanese intellectuals who traveled each country in Northeast Asia as a poet and a journalist, and left a significantly large amount of poetry and proses describing the images of the Northeast Asian countries based on his experiences. This research aims to summarize Wei Qing-de’s journey and purpose of trip to the Northeast Asian countries including Japan, Joseon, China and Manchuria and the sentences describing the Northeast Asian countries among his poetry and prose, and identify the recognition of Taiwanese intellectual Wei Qing-de of the Northeast Asian countries based on the literary works. Wei Qing-de recognized that the current point of Northeast Asia was an emergency situation after traveling around Manchuria and Joseon in 1935, he argued to protect the peace of East Asia and advocate for Pan-Asianism based on the mutual prosperity of Japan and Manchuria. He recognized that Japan was the most appropriate country to execute and achieve the proposal.