The Life of the Characters in Koizumi Yakumo's Works

Koizumi Yakumo, whose real name is Ralph Cadio Hearn, was a famous writer and translation teacher in the second half of19th century. My father is Irish and my mother is Greek. I was born in Greece, grew up in Berlin and studied in England and France. Koizumi Yakumo's father's ancestors are said to be "Gypsies" in the Middle Ages, so from the bloodline, Koizumi Yakumo has the artistic temperament of wandering the rivers and lakes. When he was a little older, Koizumi Yakumo was taken to Ireland by his father, and entered the Wushao Catholic School in Durham. When he was a teenager, his parents died one after another and he became an orphan. 19 years old was sent to America because of poverty. 1869 went to America. Three months after arriving in Cincinnati, Ohio, Koizumi Yakumo met a printer, Edward King. Edward King is a kind English publisher. Seeing that Koizumi Yakumo was lonely, he promised to help him and asked him to stay in the shop. His job is to arrange manuscript paper and copy documents. Accommodation is provided by the store, but there is no salary. During this period, he was tutored by Edward King, learned a lot of news knowledge and soon became a reporter in a newspaper in Cincinnati.

Koizumi Yakumo, formerly known as Ralph Cadio Hearn, 1850 was born on June 27th, 1950 in Santa Mora Island (now Lefkas Island) in ionian islands. At that time, the island was ruled by Britain. Hearn's father is an Irish military doctor in the British garrison, and his mother is a Greek woman. It is said that he has gypsy blood in his paternal line, and Hearn is often proud of it. His parents divorced at the age of five, and he was raised by his father's rich aunt.

1863, Hearn entered St. Caspar Theological Seminary (now Dalam University) in the suburb of Dalam, Surrey. When he was a teenager, Hearn was happy and naughty, and his composition performance was always among the best. He is also an expert in practical jokes. He was accidentally injured by a flying knot in a game, which left a shadow on his life. Soon her aunt went bankrupt, and Hearn was sent to France to study and laid the foundation of French. But then he had to make a living by himself. /kloc-when he was 0/9 years old, he took an immigrant ship and went to the United States. He lived in the New World for 265,438+0 years, spent the most difficult period in his life, and at the same time struggled for survival and literary creation. Hearn lived at the bottom of society and witnessed the darkness and decay of Christianity and industrial civilization in American society. These experiences left an indelible mark on his outlook on life.

1890, as a special contributor of Harper Publishing Company in new york, Hearn took the Abyssinia steam turbine to Japan and arrived in Yokohama on April 4th. At that time, he came to the mysterious country of the Far East only to seek creative inspiration and new literary materials. He never imagined that he would end his half-life wandering and die in Japan. On the recommendation of Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain, a famous linguist and author of the English version of Ancient Tales, Hearn got an English teacher position at Songjiang Normal School in Shimane Prefecture, and began his life and writing in Japan for the rest of his life.

Shimane Prefecture, called Izumo in ancient times, is the birthplace of ancient Japanese mythology. Songjiang is located in a remote place, and the Europeanization wave in Meiji period has not yet spread, and ordinary people still retain their quaint and natural features in their lives. Hearn was deeply moved by this simple folk custom and the religious feelings of ordinary people in daily life. Based on his experiences and materials in Songjiang, Hearn wrote his first work, A Glance at a Strange Japan. During his life in Songjiang, Hearn married the daughter of Junichiro Koizumi's family, Jiezi, and soon gave birth to a boy. In order to leave his legacy to his wife and children in Japan after his death, he decided to join the Koizumi family as his adopted son, became a Japanese citizen and was named Koizumi Yakumo. He died from 1890 to 1904 and lived in Japan for fourteen years. During this period, I moved several times. 189 1 At the end of the year, Koizumi Yakumo bid farewell to Songjiang and moved to Kumamoto No.5 Middle School to teach until 1894+00. At this time, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 took place. On the one hand, Koizumi Yakumo appreciated the Japanese people's enthusiasm for the war, but at the same time, he also saw the blatant utilitarianism of emerging Japan, the shallowness of intellectual bureaucrats, and the reaction of national quintessence. Therefore, his views on Japan have also undergone profound changes. After resigning as a teacher, Koizumi Yakumo moved to Kobe. He was the editor-in-chief of Kobe Chronicle, an English newspaper, but he gave up because of an eye disease. During his stay in Kobe, he completed two important works: From the East and Heart.

1896, recommended again by his good friend chamberlain, Koizumi Yakumo was invited to be a lecturer in the literature department of imperial university in Tokyo, teaching western literature for 6 years. 1903, Koizumi Yakumo was expelled from Neusoft. Since then, he planned to give lectures in the United States, but he failed to make it. 1904 At the beginning, Koizumi Yakumo was enrolled by Waseda University, and in September of the same year, he taught "The History of English Literature" at Zaoda University. He died of a heart attack on September 26th.