此书是当代中国比较文学主要奠基人严绍璗先生的代表作。作者认为日本文学是典型的变异体文学。在近代以前,中国文化与日本相比较,长期处于高层次阶段,因此,中国文化、文学上所获得的成果与经验,成为日本古代文学实行自身变异的主要材料。本书通过对日本从原始文化到江户文化中的中国原素的考察,以详尽的史料清晰勾画出日本如何接纳、汲取、 This book is a masterpiece by Yan Shaogu, the chief founder of contemporary Chinese comparative literature. The author believes that Japanese literature is a typical variant of literature. Before modern times, compared with Japan, Chinese culture was at a high level for a long period of time. Therefore, the achievements and experiences gained in Chinese culture and literature have become the main materials used by Japanese ancient literature in its own variation. Through an examination of Japan’s original elements in China from the primitive culture to the Edo culture, this book provides a clear outline of how Japan accepted, learned,