HunHun,这是德皇威廉二世的《黄祸图》?


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送交者: HLA 于 2007-03-06, 13:12:48:


这不是德皇的原作,是德意志爱国愤青按原作润色后的手笔。

A more immediately menacing scenario than Hearn's notion of future inability to compete came from the pen and drawing pencils of Germany's Wilhelm II. Shocked by Japan's victory, Kaiser Wilhelm described to his cousin Czar Nicholas a vision of "the yellow peril." Boyle described it as follows:
A terrifying image took shape in the minds of Europeans: a militarily aggressive Japan harnessing the vast resources and hordes of other Asian peoples under their domination, challenging an outnumbered and complacent West.
A new term playing upon racist foreboding entered the lexicon of international relations: the "yellow peril." The term evoked the historical experience of Europeans--the havoc wreaked on the Roman Empire by the Huns and the later depredations of the Mongol invaders. The term "yellow peril" was used earlier in the century, but it was Kaiser Wilhelm II who popularized it in 1895. Not long after the Japanese victory, the German Kaiser sent to his cousin, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, a drawing of a well-known German illustrator. The drawing, based on an allegorical sketch done by the Kaiser himself, revealed a nightmarish vision of a fiery storm sweeping toward Europe from the East. In the midst of the dark storm clouds was a seated Buddha. (It would have been hard to select a less apt symbol of Oriental militancy--that of the Buddha, with his message of universal compassion and nonviolence.) In the foreground stands the Archangel Gabriel pointing out the approaching menace to armed women representing the nations of Europe. The drawing entitled *"Yellow Peril,"* was printed and circulated throughout the West, and in case anyone failed to understand the pictorial message, a caption was supplied: *"Nations of Europe! Join in the defense of your faith and your home."* (Boyle, Modern Japan, p. 136.)




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