簡明 台灣人四百年史：圖文精華版

by 史明 著／繪

　　★史明親自改寫，親筆繪畫，認識台灣史最佳入門。
　　★第一本站在被統治的台灣大眾立場的台灣史。
　　★原著百萬字精華濃縮，再收錄一百餘幅史明親繪漫畫。
　　★本書另收錄史明首次曝光的文章〈謝雪紅的慘境〉。

　　《台灣人四百年史》，自1962年日文版出版以來，至2014年最新漢文檢定版，已擴增為堂堂三大冊，一千九百餘頁。這部不朽鉅著，是第一本站在被殖民、被剝削、被壓榨、被屠殺的台灣人立場，寫出「台灣民族」的歷史發展及「台灣人意識」的形成過程的著作，截然不同於一般的台灣史書籍，具有強烈的批判性及實踐性，因而問世時間越久，越是確立其無與倫比的經典地位。

　　鑒於這部名著內容過於廣博詳盡，許多有心接觸者無法深入堂奧，史明曾親自將四百年史改寫濃縮為《台灣不是中國的一部分》（1992），並動筆把四百年史圖像化，畫成一百餘幅漫畫的《漫畫台灣人四百年史》（1994）。多年來，這兩書深受讀者歡迎，被視為建構台灣史觀的最佳入門。

　　值此兩書再版之際，本社徵得史明同意，將兩書合為一冊，圖文相輔，咸信更能深化台灣史的理解。此外，本書再選粹《台灣人四百年史》中深具實踐力道的段落，共計兩萬餘字。這些新增文字，一方面橫的剖析台灣的社會結構，究明台灣各階層面對既有體制懷有何種心態與傾向，另一方面縱的研究歷代台灣人反抗外來殖民統治的具體經過，探究反抗為何失敗，反抗者犯了何種缺失等問題。

　　不管是初步的台灣史讀者或是近來風起雲湧的反體制運動者，皆可從本書汲取史明研究台灣歷史得出的深刻智慧，做為認識台灣現實或是改變台灣現實不可或缺的知識基礎。

本書特點

　　1.史明親自改寫的《台灣人四百年史》濃縮本，更附上史明手繪的一百餘幅漫畫，圖文相輔，認識台灣史的最佳入門。

　　2.跳脫歷代官方史書的統治者觀點，第一本站在被統治的台灣大眾的立場，詳述台灣人祖先遭受的重重壓迫與剝削，以及所掀起的一波波可歌可泣的起義革命。

　　3. 擺脫封建落伍的血統羈絆，第一本採用現代思潮的民族觀點，解析台灣人祖先歷經四百年的反抗與開拓，因著共同的政治命運與經濟利益，如何一步步形成全新的台灣民族。

　　4.正氣十足的史家筆法，歷史上的三腳仔、半山、靠山等趨炎附勢之徒，難逃不假辭色的嚴詞批判，就算對林獻堂、蔣渭水、謝雪紅等抗日要角，同樣有相當深刻犀利的褒貶。

各家推薦

　　吳叡人（中研院台灣史研究所副研究員）
　　姚銘偉（《薰風》雜誌創辦人）
　　陳奕齊（基進黨〔基進側翼〕主席）
　　張之豪（基青陣發起人）
　　楊典錕（國立台灣大學歷史學系助理教授）
　　楊斯棓（公益運動推動者．醫師）
　　楊緬因（公共冊所所長）
　　動眼神經（眼球中央電視台節目製作人）
　　蔡亦竹（文化評論家．實踐大學日文系助理教授）
　　藍士博（史明口述史．企劃協力）
　　難攻大士（網路評論家）
　　Nagee（插畫家）
　　（按筆畫順序）

Genres: History

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1962

Reviews

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oof. This one took me longer than expected due to various reasons but definitely learned a lot through reading this book. I have been struggling to find a history of Taiwan through a leftist critical lens. Beng does have pitfalls in his book, namely not acknowledging the settler colonialism of the Han "pioneers" that he constantly refers to. He begins equating them with the indigenous people even though they only started coming in the 1600s. This felt hypocritical and offputting throughout the book.

Although this was published in 1962, Taiwan's vision of independence that Beng and many others put forth is still in jeopardy and continually shaped by the histories of colonization that he talks about. This book was very informative for me as I did not know a lot about the histories prior, but I imagine would be less useful for someone who is more familiar already.

[Sharon Chang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seminal work on Taiwanese independence. VERY important contribution to English-language canon on Taiwanese history, of which there still isn’t much. However, translation is clunky and publication is sloppy (e.g. three different romanizations of the same word on the same page). Would also liked to have seen more radical voices in the intros/epilogues for this 2017 anniversary edition. Womxn, queer folks, Indigenous peoples, etc. Those most impacted by colonialism/imperialism/militarism, and who we are increasingly recognizing as the needed visionaries of our modern era. Especially since Su Beng was such a revolutionary himself in his own time.

[Alan Tsuei · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.第一、史明並不是歷史學家，也沒有經過歷史學的專業訓練，這本書充其量只是他個人政治傾向下的產物…

2.史明所謂的“台灣人”是根據日本人所創出來的名詞加以發揮的，日本在二戰侵華前為了不讓台灣漢人在背後對其反抗，而創造出“台灣人”不是“中國人”的觀念，並灌輸給台澎兩地的百姓（在此之前日本人都以土人、台灣島人、台灣籍民甚至支那人來稱呼在台漢人），這個觀念到現在仍被台獨勢力與台獨史觀給借用…

3.台灣不是有原住民？難道原住民的歷史只有四百年？當然不只，只是在日本人眼裡，原住民只是牲畜，連人都不算（日本警察有便宜處分權），自然不包含在“台灣人”裡，而史明就用原住民沒有“信史”來對他台灣人四百年的論述加以辯解，對原住民族的過往一概不論，想想看，這是寫歷史應該有的態度嗎？當然不是，如果真要如此，那歷史上許多民族也不用寫進歷史裡了，反正沒有文字、沒有信史嘛…

4.為了建立其台獨史觀，只好大量藉用日本殖民者的角度來篆寫本書，這樣的方式自然會無法合理解釋二戰、盟軍與中國近代史的部分，這只要拿近代世界史加以比較就可看出其中無法自圓其說的部分，當然要騙騙沒有世界觀的人們也許還有點用，但真要上了台面只會漏洞百出不攻自破…

5.隔行如隔山，如果基本功不夠扎實，是無法輕易著書立說的，更何況作者還自帶有色眼鏡來寫歷史，只能說這是歷史學上的大忌，這本書能在台灣有市場不過是獨派勢力這幾年的抬頭，利用其作為“政治”目的罷了，當然就我們喜歡歷史的人來說，也不能說完全沒有用處，至少不失為一個負面教材，將來寫台獨史的時候可以當成很好的案例…

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Su Beng makes a Marxist case for Taiwan as a nation deserving of self determination. I find this book pretty convincing, it argues that Taiwan’s situation under the Qing was not one of integration of a new territory into imperial China as mainland expansion entailed, but rather a case of mercantilist domination in which the interests of the settlers on Taiwan were contradictory to the interests of China proper, and that conditions on Taiwan were capitalist or semi-capitalist from the start. He also argues that the unique anti-Japanese struggle that took place on Taiwan as well as the contradictions between the white-terror era KMT and the Taiwanese Benshengren. I think it’s refreshing to see a position that falls outside the campist adulation of Deng era China and pro-US neoliberal imperialism, but I do think that Su Beng’s framing neglects to deal with the settler relation (contradictions between the indigenous people of the island and Fujianese or Hakka settlers), or lack thereof, on Taiwan. I know that this would be a major oversight to say the least in an analysis of the genesis of American nationhood, and perhaps the situation on Taiwan is different but I would have appreciated seeing it addressed in more detail.

[Jeff Mann · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not surprised that Beng, who attempted to assassinate Chiang Kai Shek, doesn't write much about history in a book titled "Taiwan's 400 Year History." 2/3rds of this book is the indictment of the Chiang family and name dropping random Taiwanese activists in bullet points. Still had some good information that helped me with my essay in Development Policies in the Asia-Pacific Region (926032011).

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historically important work by one of Taiwan’s leading nativist leaders. The book is full of facts and interesting threads for further research. But the book lacks the rigor necessary for such an important topic. The editing was also very inconsistent - pinyin and use of Chinese characters.

Still very important for anyone interested in Taiwans history.

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not so much a history of Taiwan but rather a history of foreign oppression and the struggle for Taiwanese independence, from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. Not what I was looking for as an historical work on Taiwan, but it did contain a lot on the 228 incident.