序论谷崎润一郎(1886-1965)与芥川龙之介(1892-1927)在大正(1912-1926)中后期的日本文坛上都是很有影响力的作家,他们一生中没有游历过西方,谷崎分别于1918年和1926年两次游历了中国,而芥川则是1921年作为《大阪每日新闻》社的特约记者奉命游历了中国。在同时期发表的中国游记中,他们两人同为著名作家,游览的城市大多相同,记录下的风物景致和人文环境 Preface Tanizawa Tanizaki (1886-1965) and Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) are influential writers in the Japanese literary world in the mid and later years of Taisho (1912-1926). They did not travel through the West during their lifetime, Tanizaki visited China twice in 1918 and 1926 respectively, while Akutagawa traveled to China in 1921 as an accredited reporter for the Osaka Daily News. In the same period published in China Travels, both of them are famous writers, most of the cities visited are the same, the scenery and humanistic environment recorded