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Yukichi Fukuzawa was born in Osaka in 1886. He was from a ower class samurail
family. His father died when he was a small child. Hs mother was akind womanland
always said to him, “Be kind to everyone. All people are ⑪equal Yulichinever forgot
②her w
Im 5計 days Japanese people learned many things from Hurope and they learned
them from *Dutch books. So Yukichi learned Dutch fst,
But when he went to Yokohama, Yukichi saw a lot of Rnglish words on ⑧sigms on the
streets or in front of the shops. He thought, ④English will be more important than
Dutch some day. ⑤If we dont learn Inglish now, we will be behind the other countries in
the wo
"But ⑥nobody helped him、so he had to study it alone with a dictionary
②In 1860、Yukichi ient to America with some Japanese They le人ein a amall ship.
They were caught in a big storm on the sea, but they could get to America。
When they arrived in Amorica, all were new to Yukichi. @i65胡ji6請請語請記Ii
Americans wear their shoes in their houses_ Why?.JDo theyialwayeWearthemaw
And Yukichi was
impressed by American ideas. He 6h6ught “Americans dont
respect people just because their fathors are groat。⑨They respect people when people
are good and able to do something great."
Yukichi stayed in America about 人ifty days and came back to Japan, Later he Visited
Europe and there again he learned a lot of things.
Yukichi wrote many books. When he wrote, he used easy words beeause he wm
many people to read and understand his books。 【 the Japanese / he /6f7 theidea87豆087
the people 】 in America and Europe.
In one of his books he says, “All people are equal. We must not ⑩iadge people by the
*amount of their money We must not judge people by ther famihy or by thei *80Gial
position.
