When it comes to the world's well-known writers, I believe that Haruki Murakami's name must be on the list, but his fame is not only based on excellent literary style, the correct three views are also the reason why countless people like him, why do you say so?
Because just when the Japanese prime minister was paying homage to the "Yasukuni Shrine," this long-known writer openly acknowledged the numerous crimes of the Japanese in the war of aggression against China, not only in order to atone for their sins. He also set an example for himself, not only refusing to eat Chinese food, but even resolutely refusing to give birth to an heir. So the question is, as a native Of Japan, what is Haruki Murakami doing all this for?
It turned out that Haruki Murakami's righteous deeds had a lot to do with his father, who was part of the Japanese army that invaded China.
On January 12, 1949, Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan, his father was the abbot of a temple, his mother was also a devout Buddhist, in this environment of growth, Murakami Haruki was naturally deeply influenced, since he was a child, he was well versed in Buddhism, and his father would often teach him some advanced Buddhism, so in his impression, his father was a very kind monk.
However, after hearing the gossip of the neighbor's family, Haruki Murakami understood that his father's identity was not just a monk, he had also participated in the war, and was a hero who "defended the family and defended the country", and after learning about this, Murakami Haruki admired his father even more, and when his father saw that his son did not contradict his military service, he let go of some scruples and told his son all the things he had seen and done when he invaded China.
He said that after he was conscripted into the army, he began to fight with the Chinese army, under his "heroic battle", the Chinese army was beaten and retreated, and he also took a lot of prisoners, those prisoners constantly begged him to spare himself, but "deeply familiar with the spirit of Bushido" he believed that these prisoners had lost their backbones, so he wielded a knife and cut off their heads, and not only prisoners, even ordinary Chinese people, he did not let go of as long as they dared to resist, they would be slaughtered....
Murakami Haruki's father thought that he would tell his son that he would worship him even more after telling his son of his original "heroism", but what surprised him was that Murakami Haruki not only did not continue to worship him, but instead saw the essence of the Sino-Japanese war through his description, knew that the Japanese were actually invaders, knew that his father was an executioner who killed countless people, and knew that he was actually a child born into a family of war criminals.
Knowing this, the young Haruki Murakami collapsed, his inner world and personality also underwent a huge change, the original he was very cheerful and lively, like to play with friends, but also like to go up the tree to fight birds and go down to the river to touch fish, but now he has become very gloomy, only like to read silently at home, using books to numb his guilt.
Such a change in the eyes of the father, as if the son grew up overnight, he did not care too much, not only did not care, he also took it upon himself to buy a lot of books for Haruki Murakami, hoping that his son could become a writer in the future, Haruki Murakami did not refuse, but unlike his father who wanted to make money by publishing books, Haruki Murakami was not for fame and fortune but for atonement, for all Japanese people to atone for their sins.
In this way, for this goal, Haruki Murakami began his struggle, as if he could not impress him with anything but books, and with such efforts, he also lived up to expectations and was admitted to the drama major of the Faculty of Literature of Waseda University in one fell swoop. When he learned that his son had been admitted to a prestigious school, Haruki Murakami's father was very happy and rushed over to hug and celebrate, but what he did not expect was that Haruki Murakami not only did not have a happy expression, but directly pushed him away and left with his luggage.
The reason why Haruki Murakami did this was very simple, that is, he really couldn't stand the guilt brought to him by his father, and as soon as he saw his father, he could imagine the bloody storm, which made him feel chilled, so in order to alleviate the guilt, Haruki Murakami chose to leave, and never came back.
After going to college, Haruki Murakami finally got a short peaceful life, he worked hard at school at the same time, but also made a girlfriend, the two also partnered to open a bar with a loan, life is very happy, because of this graduation after the two married, although the life is not rich, but also a pleasure, so so, how did Haruki Murakami step into the writing industry, with a wife why not want children?
It turned out that this was all related to Haruki Murakami's work in the bar, as the owner of the bar, in fact, very idle on weekdays, most of the large and small affairs in the shop were also busy with his wife, idle and idle he thought of reading to relieve boredom, during this period he read a lot of ancient and modern masterpieces, of course, including the history of the Japanese invasion of China that he has been concerned about, through a long period of reading and research, he found countless criminal histories hidden by the Japanese government, such as the Nanjing Massacre, the Lushun Massacre, etc. This caused him to have a strong dislike for the Japanese government, so in order to expose all this, he revived his dream of becoming a writer and began his creative career.
Haruki Murakami, who had a rich imagination and a solid literary foundation, soon got started, and in the 1980s, with works such as "Listening to the Wind" and "The Adventure of Finding sheep", he also quickly became popular as a young writer, and when he found his book very popular, Haruki Murakami sold the bar and officially became a full-time writer.
In order to find inspiration, Murakami Haruki and his wife began a world trip, and this includes China, China is really a special existence for Haruki Murakami, here he learned more history, but also understood how much the crimes of the Japanese army hurt this beautiful country, the feeling of guilt instantly filled his heart, and this is why he never eats Chinese food, even in China, he only eats Japanese canned food, because he feels that he is the son of a sinner. Chinese willing to receive him is already a great tolerance, how can he have the face to taste such a delicious meal?
The reason for not wanting to have children is similar, because Murakami Haruki is really too guilty, he does not want to pass on the blood of war criminals, and he does not want to pass on the wealth he has earned because he wrote the history of Japan's crimes to the next generation, he wants to end the sins of the Murakami family from now on, and he also wants to take revenge on his father's attitude of taking pride in killing.
But do you think this confession is over? Of course not, after this, especially after the death of his father, in order to gain Forgiveness from China, Haruki Murakami not only openly exposed the crimes of the Japanese army invading China in 2019 in front of the world, hoping that young people in Japan should face up to history and not be deceived by the Japanese government, and later even became the "public enemy" of all of Japan.
So what's going on here?
It turned out that in the Japanese government's concealment for more than seventy years, most of the Japanese had long forgotten the numerous crimes they had committed against the Chinese, they only knew that Japan had been bombed by two atomic bombs and thought that they were also victims.
Haruki Murakami naturally also understands the psychology of the Japanese, he is not in a hurry to change all Japanese people in an instant, so that all Japanese people can repent to China, he just hopes that everyone can gradually realize their mistakes, even if they don't say, one day in the future, from the bottom of their hearts that their ancestors did wrong, it is also a good thing.
However, it is clear that Haruki Murakami's wish has not been fulfilled; in recent years, not only have most of the Japanese people not realized the mistakes of their predecessors, but in the history of the war of aggression against China, it has been a matter of sophistry, and even the Japanese government has become more and more excessive; they first visited the shrine many times under the leadership of the prime minister, enshrined the "Yasukuni Shrine" of many war criminals, and then followed the pace of the United States in the international community, firmly standing against China in the trade war and public opinion war.
So Haruki Murakami is both sad and disappointed in this, he has expressed this disappointment in interviews many times, and also hopes that the Japanese can apologize as soon as possible and realize the mistake as soon as possible, but what he did not expect is that his eager attitude has played a counterproductive effect, many Japanese people under the influence of those extreme remarks, on the Internet will be "traitor", "Japanese adultery", "eating inside and outside" Hats all buckled on the seventy-two-year-old Haruki Murakami, not only in reality, Haruki Murakami's family also often receives threatening letters, blades, and other things.
In the face of such threats, many fans who love Haruki Murakami expressed great concern and thought that he should be softer, but Haruki Murakami has never changed his attitude and thoughts, because he believes that "we perpetrators have the right to listen to those soft words, if we have to be gentle advice to make the perpetrator wake up, what is the difference between this and tail begging?" We Japanese have been wrong for more than seventy years, and if we do not criticize them severely, they will never forget the mistakes of their ancestors and will never repent. ”