- The Nanjing Massacre -

Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing

- An English translation of a classified Chinese document on the Nanjing Massacre -

by: Gao Xingzu, Wu Shimin,
Hu Yungong, & Cha Ruizhen

Translation from Chinese into English by:
Robert Gray

Vancouver, Canada
February 1996
robgray@umich.edu

Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing

Table of Contents
Preface: Translator's Introduction
Chapter I: Nanjing Prior to the Occupation
Chapter II: Two Blood-Stained Paths
Chapter III: Cruel Slaughter Along the River
Chapter IV: Slaughter in the Outskirts of the City
Chapter V: The Campaign To Clear the Streets
Chapter VI: Killing Games
Chapter VII: Killing Competitions
Chapter VIII: Killings Committed by Military Police
Chapter IX: Corpses on the Roadside
Chapter X: Widespread Incidents of Rape
Chapter XI: Brutal Killings Committed by the Japanese Invasion Force in the Safety Zone
Chapter XII: Raping and Pillaging Committed by the Japanese in the Safety Zone
Chapter XIII: A People Who Will Never Submit
Epilogue: Li Yongzheng, "A Half-Century of Humiliation: Thoughts on the 50th Anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan."
Appendix I: Glossary (English to Pinyin) of Names and Terms
Appendix II: Further Reading on the Nanjing Massacre in English, Japanese, and Chinese
Appendix III: Endnotes
Map: Map showing main massacre sites in Nanjing
Table I: Summary of verdicts and sentences against main Japanese war criminals from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Table II: Table (in Chinese) ennumerating Nanjing Massacre victims

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Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing
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Photographs from the Nanjing Massacre in this document are courtesy of the
China News Digest Nanjing Massacre Photo Archive

Preface:

Translator's Introduction

In 1962, scholars at Nanjing University's Department of History (Japanese history section) wrote the book Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing (riben diguozhuyi zai nanjing de datusha) based on extensive materials they uncovered during a two-year investigation into the Nanjing Massacre. After it was written, the book was labelled a classified document (neibu ziliao) and could not be published openly.

In 1995, a scholar from mainland China who had obtained and carried this document to America abstracted portions of the text and made them available to China News Digest for placement in the CND Nanjing Massacre Archive. In the winter of 1995/96, I translated these excerpts from the Chinese document and created this website.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mr. Yim Tse, head Chinese librarian at the University of British Columbia Asian Library, without whom the present translation would have been impossible. His professional editing of my broken Chinese and tireless searching for original sources went above and beyond the call of duty. It was a great honour and highly edifying experience to work with Mr. Tse on this translation.

All footnotes and notes within square brackets in the following translation are supplementary notes written by the translator. All Japanese names are written with the surname first. Pinyin romanization is used throughout except in cases when the Wade-Giles spelling is more familiar, such as "Kuomintang" rather than "Guomingdang."

Responsibility for any errors in this translation, of course, rests entirely with me.

Robert P. Gray
Vancouver, Canada
February 1996

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