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本书讲述了日本人性格和日本文化。二战后期，日本败局已定，美国对是否进攻日本本土、是否投放原子弹和占领日本后是否保留天皇，无法做出决断。因此委托著名女人类学家本尼迪克特通过对日本的研究提供对日本政策的依据。
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A book on cultural anthropology written by American cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict, first published in 1946. The book is not long, with a total of thirteen chapters, with some notes on Japanese words and an index to the whole book. In addition to the first and last two chapters mentioned above, it starts with the views on war, moves on to the Meiji Restoration, and then discusses Japanese customs, moral concepts, how to "self-train" (cultivation) and how children learn traditions. In the book, the author uses the research method of cultural anthropology, using the "chrysanthemum", the Japanese royal family crest, and the "sword", which symbolizes the identity of the samurai, as a set of contrasting and contradictory images. He explains and explains the seemingly contradictory aspects of Japanese culture from the perspective of others, and points out that Japanese culture is a culture of shame.
Town building, dissecting and cutting Japan🇯🇵, understanding Japan
