1895年4月17日，由於中日馬關條約台灣被割讓給日本，其後日本便展開了五十年的台灣統治。當時在台灣並沒有建立以台灣為中心的團體。進入日治時代後，人民才開始有身為台灣人的自覺意識，且這意識隨著武裝抗日、政治運動為共通經驗進而發展。但是，雖然住在台灣的漢族群產生了民族意識，同樣身為漢族，當時的台灣人並沒有想和中國切割，或者想擺脫日本統治自成一國的狀況。當時的台灣人的自我認同並沒有這麼強烈。 那麼蔡培火所認為的民族認同、自我認同是怎麼出現的呢？日治時代時，蔡培火在台灣議會設置運動和台灣文化協會等等的政治運動上佔有重要地位，為了提升台灣民眾的文化水準，想出台灣民眾也能簡單學習的白話文字，他也積極投入文化啟蒙活動。此外他於東京留學時，跟植村正久相識並入信基督教。 活在日治時代的台灣人，不斷在「祖國」中國和「母國」日本這兩個不同的原點中，尋找著自己的社會地位。身為漢族，蔡培火是以什麼理念而行動，身為台灣人他是以何種目的參加政治運動，加上身為信仰基督教，他又是以哪個角度來看充滿戰爭的世界呢？本論文以蔡培火的思想方面為主，分析日治時代蔡培火所認為的民族認同和自我認同。 Taiwan was ruled by the Qing dynasty before the year 1895. The people that lived in Taiwan hadn’t grown up with a Taiwanese identity in those days. A Taiwanese identity started to form in the peoples heart after a political change in Japan. But even then the Han Chinese who were living in Taiwan, still didn’t the kind of identity that think to be divorced from China to become an independent nation. What is Tsai Pei-Huo’s awareness of ethnic identity? He participated after it had been called for the establishment of a parliament in Taiwan and Taiwanese Cultural association. And he not only flourished in these political movement as a core person, but also actively educated Taiwanese people for further development of Taiwanese culture. He became a Christian when he went to Tokyo and studied abroad. The Japanese rule of Taiwan generation sought to find a position between the “Fatherland” China and “Motherland” Japan. What does Tsai, Pei-Huo as the Han Chinese think and take part in abolishing rule discrimination? And how does he as a Christian watch the filling of war world? This paper focuses on the thoughts of Tsai, Pei-Huo and analyses Tsai Pei-Huo’s awareness of ethnic identity.
