本研究採取文獻分析法,透過深入閱讀日本中國研究者毛里和子的著作、口述歷史訪談以及日本相關研究者的評論等,藉以檢視毛里在其時代背景與學術氛圍下開展的中國研究與亞洲學,觀察當時的社會環境因素如何影響其問題意識的形成、中國研究的開展,其中國研究成果又如何影響日後日本的中國研究。 其次觀察毛里的亞洲學如何在整體中國研究學界之環境基礎上開展,在其「現代亞洲學」觀念中,中國的意象與過去研究相比是否有所轉變。另外其特殊的研究關懷為亞洲主體性,主張以「自者研究」取代過去傳統區域研究的「他者研究」,其內涵與意義為何。因此,本文從毛里和子的學思背景出發,依序介紹毛里和子學思歷程的三個重要階段:「從周邊看中國─中國的民族問題、調和論的嘗試─現代中國政治、遭遇亞洲─現代亞洲學」,總結毛里如何回應其面臨的時代脈絡。
The research method in this thesis is documentary analysis. Through in-depth reading Japan scholar Kazuko Mori’s writings, oral history interviews, and comments by other Japan scholars, this thesis attempts to view Mori’s Chinese Studies and “asian-prospective”, with her historical background and the academics atmosphere. The thesis observes the prevailing social environment factors how to influence the formation of her problem awareness, and her research results how to affect the Chinese Studies in Japan. Another one point is to observe the development process of Mori’s “Asian Studies”.Comparing her “Contemporary Asian Studies” with her previous research, try to find China's image has changed or not. And analyze the meaning of her Asia subjectivity, who advocates "selfness studies” instead of “otherness studies". Mori’s research has three important stages: "from the periphery seeing China ─ China's ethnic problems", "reconcile the theories ─ modern Chinese politics", “encounter to Contemporary Asian Studies”. Through these three stages to summary Mori how to respond the context of her era.