Natsume Soseki, February 9, 1867, Born in Nihon Keikyo, a famous Japanese writer, his real name Kinnosuke Natsume.
The pen name Natsume Shushi is taken from a dialogue between the Chinese scholar Sun Chu and Wang Ji, a Chinese scholar in the Book of Jin.
Natsume Soseki graduated from the English Department of the University of Tokyo, and after graduation, he went to Tokyo Normal School to teach at the recommendation of the president.
At the age of 33, he went to the UK to study for 2 years.
Natsume Soseki enjoys a high status in the history of modern Japanese literature, and he is known as the "Great Writer of the Nation".
He was highly accomplished in both Eastern and Western cultures, and was both an English scholar and proficient in haiku, Chinese chinese poetry and calligraphy.
Never before in Japanese history has there been a writer as profound in literature as he has.
His depiction of personal psychology was precise and nuanced, ushering in the trend of later generations of private fiction (first-person novels, known in Japan as private novels).
There were many literati under his disciples, and Ryunosuke Wasagawa, who had written "Rashomon", was also promoted by him.
Natsume Shushi also had a great influence on Lu Xun, and the shadow of Natsume Shushi can be faintly read in some of Lu Xun's works. (Lu Xun lived in the rented house of Natsume Soseki for more than half a year, and later translated the Japanese "Shigeru Koji's Dream" by the Birch Writer Sedo koji, who was deeply influenced by Natsume Soseki.)
Natsume's representative works include "I Am a Cat", "Heart" and so on.
"I Am a Cat" is a long novel, which vividly reflects the thinking and life of the Japanese petty bourgeoisie in the early twentieth century, and sharply exposes and criticizes the so-called "civilized" capitalist society in Japan during the Meiji period.
In 1911, the Japanese government wanted to award Dr. Natsume Soseki the title, but he refused.
Because he insisted on a critical attitude towards the Meiji government and Meiji society all his life.
On December 9, 1916, Natsume Died of a stomach ulcer.
Before his death, he left a will to donate his brain and stomach to the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo Imperial University for research.
His brain tissue is still preserved at the University of Tokyo.
In 1984, Natsume Soseki's head was printed on a yen 1,000 yuan note.
This article is a voice text for "Yi Reading Humanities" - Natsume Soseki.