The most important lesson of the new imperial record, then, might be quite different from what its compilers had intended. Japan’s notorious collective inability to come to terms with its past is deeply entwined with its inability to understand this emperor.
因此，新裕仁实录的最重要教训也许与编纂者的初衷相去甚远。日本在面对历史方面的集体无能早已臭名昭著，这其实与其在理解本国天皇上的无能息息相关。