Alea OrtiguerraASH 4442Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi1. Why did Fukuzawa Yukichi decide to learn Western languages? At first, Fukuzawa learned Dutch. After the arrival of Commodore Perry, many samurai showed interest and asked to study shooting, but the best way to do this was through Gensho or books published in Holland. Fukuzawa had learned Chinese quite easily and, at his brother's wish, he moved to Nagasaki to learn Dutch and study Gensho. In reality, Fukuzawa wanted to escape Nakatsu. However, as he became more interested in the language, he wanted to learn more and moved to Osaka to be under the tutelage of Ogata's school. Later, Fukuzawa actively wanted to learn English. After years of learning Dutch, with the arrival of other Western powers, Fukuzawa was distraught at being unable to communicate with them or read their language, which gave him the impression that English must be the language of choice. more widespread. The first was to bring together young men and give them the benefit of foreign books as well as education. Because of this belief, he had purchased many foreign books, established his own English teaching school, and created the Japanese-English dictionary. His second goal was to open up the “closed” country and bring it closer to Western civilization. Fukuzawa believed that through Westernization, Japan could become strong in both the arts of war and peace and become a world power as well as a symbol of progress in the world. He advocated it through word of mouth, the way he ran his school, the way he practiced new forms of public speaking, and his adoption of a simple, easy scholarly style for all to enjoy. During his travels abroad, he studied Western nations and wrote a series of books on the culture, economics, business and political practices of the Western countries he visited, in order to propagate Western civilization throughout the world. his country.