Abstract：A personal diplomatic memoir Kenkenroku was written by the Japanese foreign minister， Mutsu Munemitsu during the SinoJapanese War of 1894. It not only provides the mysterious logic the “truth” and “mystery” of planning， launching， promoting the SinoJapanese War by Japanese decisionmakers at that time，but also reveals the true reason why Japan had successfully defeated China. The former includes：the deceit excuse of “a good reason for waging a war”； the sly means to eliminate tactics of interference； contemptible means on crisis public relations；the sinister means of threatening to swallow the consequences. The latter refers to the fact that Japan won is not only by military “hard power” such as ships and guns， but also by its diplomacy， talent pool， consensus propaganda， intelligence spying and other “soft power”. This discussion not only helps to evaluate the position and function of Mutsu Munemitsu and “Mutsu Diplomacy” in the war， and benefits to summing up and absorbing painful lessons on history from the SinoJapanese War，especially having an insight into the mysterious logic of Japanese aggression against China.
孙立祥. 从《蹇蹇录》看日本侵华的诡秘逻辑[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2018, 57(1): 120-128.
Lixiang. From Kenkenroku to Learn the Mysterious Logic of Japan’s Aggression against ChinaSun. journal1, 2018, 57(1): 120-128.
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