记者：王雨舟

4月21日晚上7点，在日本留学并生活过多年的秦锋副教授于励耘楼B401为我们带来了本学期第一次日语专业讲座——认知日本。秦峰副教授曾经留学日本，获文学部比较文化专业硕士学位；回国后从事中日比较文化研究，致力于中日文化、教育等方面的交流工作。

首先，秦副教授从自己的姓氏“秦”这个字在日语里的发音开始，为我们阐述了日本人姓名中的文化。他告诉我们在明治维新之前的日本只有贵族才有姓氏，百姓只有名字，而贵族的姓名又由氏、姓、苗子、名字、这四个部分组成，即使是天皇也只有名没有姓。此外，日本名片文化的产生也是因为日文名字存在很多同音不同字的现象，因此需要名片来防止记错姓名。

接着，他又谈到了“既熟悉又陌生的日本”这一话题，为大家讲述了自己对日本的印象。其中印象最深的有干净的环境、中国文化印记、次序井然、匠人精神、日本料理这五个方面。同时，他又提到西方社会对日本的认识，总结出日本是一个令人捉摸不透的国家，无法用话语概括。

这次讲座依然令同学们对日本有了更深入的了解，大家受益匪浅。

A Lecture for Japanese Majors: Learning About Japan

By Wang Yuzhou

On Thursday evening, April 21st , Associate Professor Qin Feng , who had studied and lived in Japan for many years, gave us a lecture on Japanese culture. After graduation from Dalian Foreign Studies University, Associate Professor Qin Feng went to Japan to further his studies, gaining his Master’s degree in the field of comparative culture. He was engaged in comparative culture research after returning to China and he was also committed to Sino-Japanese communication in culture and education.

First, Associate Professor Qin talked about the culture of Japanese names, which started with the pronunciation of his own surname in Japanese. He said that before the Meiji Reform, only the noble had surnames, and civilians only had first names. Usually, the noble’s names were made up of four components. Interestingly, the emperor of Japan didn’t have surnames, either. Besides, due to the existence of lots of homophones in Japanese names, the Japanese business card culture came into being, thus preventing people’s remembering others’ names mistakenly.

Then, it came to the topic of “Japan — familiar but also strange”. Associate Professor Qin told us five aspects of his impressions on Japan—clean, lots of Chinese cultural marks, politeness, Artisan spirit and delicious Japanese food. Also, he explained how westerners thought about Japan. In the end, He concluded that Japan was a mysterious country.

The students had a further understanding on Japanese culture from this lecture.