The Significance of Chifu Shinsho and Chifu Shinron Yakka

Abstract

Samuel Robbins Brown’s Chifu Shinsho 致富新書 was published in Hong Kong in 1847 and reprinted in Japan in 1871. In 1875, Chifu Shinsho 致富新書 was translated into Japanese as Chifu Shinron Yakkai 致富新論訳解 by Yu Nakajima and Itsuzou Sanui. This paper first describes the background of translation of Chifu Shinsho and establishes the English original. Then the paper explains the annotated version of Chifu Shinsho and the process and features of Chifu Shinron Yakkai, a Japanese translation of Chifu Shinron.