林獻堂是霧峰林家的領導人，顏國年是基隆顏家事業的守成者，前 者在1927年5月赴歐美旅遊，前後一年；後者在1925年3月赴美歐旅行， 至同年10月回臺，前後二百多天。顏國年的行程偏重工業考察，如煤 業；林獻堂則側重在人文社會觀察，兩本遊記各異其趣。由於兩人各屬 臺灣五大家族之顏家與霧峰林家，前往的時間相差兩年，因此可以做一 些有趣的觀察。如有關機器現代化的記載、同一旅遊點的記載，最重要 的是他們在日記中的國家認同。經由本文的比較，顏國年的遊記是臺灣 第一部世界遊記，但其遊記的書寫只因親友的要求，故雖出版，卻未對 外發行，因此知道這部日記的人較少；且偏重工業描述，雖對其炭礦經 營起了作用，但讀來趣味性較低。林獻堂的遊記經報紙連載，且成為啟 蒙運動的一環，因此讀者群較多。至於認同方面，顏國年的國家認同是 日本，而林獻堂則並未完全認同日本，不過就其一生來看，是在日本與 中國間擺盪。

Xiantang Lin was a leading figure in the Lin Clan of Wufeng, while Guonian Yan took responsibility for carrying out the work of his family, the Yan Clan of Keelung. The former left to visit Europe and America beginning in May of 1927, staying for about a year in total; the latter left for Europe and America beginning in March of 1925 and returned to Taiwan in October of the same year, staying abroad for a total of about 200 days. Guonian Yan’s travels consisted mainly of inspecting heavy industries, such as coal mining operations. Xiantang Lin, on the other hand, placed more emphasis on observing the humanities and societies of these foreign lands. As such, each person’s travel notes have different points of interest worth investigating, especially considering that the authors of both books were respective members of one of the Five Great Clans of Taiwan, and that their travels were separated by about two years’ time. Each author’s professed national identity remains the most important facet of these journals, regardless of whether a certain journal entry focuses on the modernization of machinery or on travel destinations that both persons had in common. By comparing these documents, we can see that Guonian Yan’s journal presents itself as Taiwan’ s first ever piece of literature regarding world travel. However, his writings were produced solely to meet the requirements of his family members: though they were published, they were never distributed to the public, and thus few people even know of the journal’s existence. Additionally, the writings mainly focused on heavy industry. While this certainly provided useful information for the Yan family’s coal mining operations, the contents of the journal tend not to make for very interesting reading. Xiantang Lin’s records, on the other hand, were serialized in newspapers and even became a part of the enlightenment movement of the Taiwan Cultural Association (founded 1921), and as such has enjoyed a much larger readership. With regards to national identity, Guonian Yan refers to himself as Japanese. Xiantang Lin, on the other hand, never fully recognizes himself as Japanese, though throughout his life it could be said that his national identity tended to swing between that of China and Japan.

林獻堂；顏國年；環球遊記；最近歐美旅行記

Xiantang Lin (林獻堂)；Guonian Yan (顏國年)；Travel Notes Form Europe and America (環球遊記)；Recent Travel Notes From Europe and America (最近歐美旅行記)