从“轻武”与“尚武”看中日两国传统文化的差异

近代以前，中日两国的封建统治阶级的性格不同，中国的统治者是文人，以“文”人仕立朝，以儒学作为封建统治的道德基础；日本的统治者是武士，以“武”扬名人仕，以武士道作为封建统治的道德基础。因此，“轻武”与“尚武”成为中日两国在传统文化上的一个重要差异。

Differences between Japanese and Chinese Traditional Cultures from the Perspective of "Disrespecting Martial Arts" and "Respecting Martial Arts"

Before the modern times, the characters of the Chinese and Japanese feudal ruling classes were different in that the Chinese rulers were intellectuals who took official positions or set up dynasties with their culture and regarded the Confucianism as the moral basis of the feudal rulers while the Japanese rulers were persons of martial arts who took official positions with martial arts and regarded bushido as the moral basis of the feudal rulers. Therefore, one of the important differences between the Chinese and Japanese traditional cultures lies in "disrespecting martial arts" and "respecting martial arts".