, herracialandculturalaffinitieswithChina, thecloseeconomicrelationshipsofthetwocountries, thesuccessesandfailuresofJapan'srecenteffortstomodernizeherselfbytheuseofWesternmethodsineasternsituations：allthesefactsdemandtheattentionofeveryintelligentChinesetothestoryofaneighbor', , thechangesofthepastseventyfiveyearsinJapancanbeunderstoodonlyagainstthebackgroundofherprevioushistory, inwhichthecharacteristiccustoms, institutions, ；certainworksdealingwiththeJapaneseadaptionsofBuddhism, ofthelawsandadministrativesystemsoftheTangdynasty, oftheChinesewrittenlanguage, andofChineseethicalandphilosophicalthought；productionsofrecentyearswhicharefilledwithviolentabuseofJapanesepoliciesbutgivenounderstandingoftheconditionsfromwhichthesepolicieshavearisenandtranslationsofunsatisfactoryJapaneseworks, usuallywrittenbyauthorsunqualifiedaccordingtomodernhistoricalstandards：, , becauseheisunprejudicedandimpartialinhisattitude；heseeksneithertoblamenortopraisetheJapanese, buttotellhisreadersjustwhattheJapanesehavedone, ，1925
