津田左右吉在日本近代的中國研究界有重要的地位，其所涉及的研究領域十分廣泛，包括：日本思想史的整體、以記紀為中心的史料批判、與中國思想研究。然而，中國與台灣的津田研究往往只關注後兩者；且對於津田與白鳥庫吉的思想關係，往往強調津田對白鳥的繼承，卻忽略兩人思想的齟龉。基於上述兩點，本文試圖從津田的思想整體出發，首先，考察津田的歷史觀以及他的支那學研究方法；其次，探討津田的研究整體，依序討論中國研究、記紀批判、日本國民思想研究與天皇觀；津田與白鳥的比較，將穿插其中。本文試圖探討津田中國觀在其研究整體中的位置；並在津田一連串的理論論述中，分析其合乎邏輯的理論背後，究竟隱藏如何的「情感」狀態，真的是一般人所說的「蔑視中國」的情感？還是另有其他重要的問題意識。

Later modern thinker Tsuda Soukichi was a highly regarded China expert in modern Japan, well known for his despise of Chinese culture. He was also a student of the famous empiricist Hiratori Kurakichi. The literature therefore ignores how Soukichi had distinguished himself from his mentor. His importance continues today due to his critical view on Shinto. This paper will take the note of the distinction between the teacher and the student. It will try to locate Soukichi in the literature on sinology as well as Japanese historiography. It also introduces new perspectives on Soukichi's overall research orientation in order to provide a background to the Chinese literature on Soukichi, which is primarily and, therefore, insufficiently about his negative views on China.