Tao Jingsun - Toshoson

Chinese author and medical scientist. His given name was Shi, and his courtesy name was Jingsun. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He came to Japan with his family in 1906 (Meiji 39). He studied at Kyushu Imperial University, Tohoku Imperial University, and other universities, including the School of Medicine and School of Science. While at Kyushu Imperial University, he became a member of the Creative Society, and published his first work, Mokusei, in Japanese in the coterie magazine Green with Guo Moruo and others. In 1922, he translated it into Chinese and reprinted it in the quarterly magazine Creative. He was a man of many talents and musical talents, and organized an orchestra at Tohoku Imperial University. He returned to Japan in 1929. He took over the magazine Popular Literature from Yu Dafu, and while editing it, he became interested in theater, including puppet shows, and joined the Shanghai Art Theater Company, where he was active. In 1931, he entered the Shanghai Institute of Natural Sciences, where he studied social hygiene. He later lived in Taiwan for a time, but defected to Japan in 1950, where he worked as a lecturer at Tokyo University, among other positions. His books include the collection of short stories "Concert Short Pieces" (1927) and "A Testament to Japan" (in Japanese), which was published posthumously.

[Ichiro Kotani]

"A Testament to Japan" (1963, Futsunsha)

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中国の作家、医学者。名は熾(しき)。晶孫は字(あざな)。江蘇(こうそ)省無錫(むしゃく)県出身。1906年（明治39）家族とともに来日。九州帝国大学、東北帝国大学医学部・理学部などに学ぶ。九州帝大在学中創造社同人となり、処女作『木犀(もくせい)』を日本語で郭沫若(かくまつじゃく)らとの同人誌『グリーン』に発表、1922年中国語に直して『創造』季刊に転載した。多才で音楽的才能にも富み、東北帝大ではオーケストラを組織した。1929年帰国。郁達夫(いくたつふ)から『大衆文芸』を受け継ぎ、その編集にあたるかたわら、人形劇をはじめとする演劇に関心を寄せ、上海(シャンハイ)芸術劇社に加入して活躍した。1931年上海自然科学研究所に入り、社会衛生学を研究。その後一時台湾に住んだが、1950年（昭和25）日本に亡命し、東京大学講師などを務めた。著書としては小説集『音楽会小曲』（1927）、没後に刊行された『日本への遺書』（日本語）などがある。

［小谷一郎］

『『日本への遺書』（1963・普通社）』

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