The Way (Chinese: 道) is a Japanese novella written by Taiwanese author Chen Huo-chuan (陳火泉).
It falls under the genre of autobiographical fiction and was originally published in the July 1943 edition of Bungei Taiwan (文藝臺灣), Volume 6, Issue 3.
It stands as a representative work of imperial Subject Literature during the Japanese rule period in Taiwan.
During the implementation of the Japanization (Kominka) movement by the Taiwan Governor-General's Office, he grapples with the challenge of transforming himself from an unrecognized local into a true subject of the Emperor.
In the end, he realizes that he must join the ranks of volunteer soldiers and undergo the ritual sacrifice of his body to gain recognition as a Japanese person.