Japan, a name that is hated by countless people, makes many people gnash their teeth when it is mentioned. After all, Japan, as a fascist, has done many tragic things, which people have to hate.
But do you know that Japan was once dependent on China, and even its current name: Japan, was given by our country. In our country's historical records, Japan has always been called "Japan", "Japan", etc. But it seems that since modern times, it has always been called Japan. You must have questions, when did the country’s name change? In fact, this story dates back to the Tang Dynasty.
In 1784, while two Japanese were farming in the fields, they accidentally discovered a gold seal with five large characters "Han Japanese Nu Kingdom" engraved on it. This is the predecessor of Japan. In fact, Japan was not called Japan at the beginning. This name was thanks to a female emperor of China. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", when Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, received an envoy from the Kingdom of Yamato who came to China to worship, he personally canonized the king of his country as the King of Japan. After that, the Kingdom of Yamato was changed to the Kingdom of Japan. Why is it called the Japanese country? Because the Japanese at that time were generally short and short, and it was not nice to call them dwarfs. The character "倭" looked like the character "dwarf", so they named them "Was".
In the Qin Dynasty, there were only sparse savages on the Japanese islands. Therefore, Japan was mockingly called "Eastern Yi". The Qin Dynasty did not regard them as human beings at all. treat. After arriving in the Han Dynasty, they sent envoys to China and claimed that they were willing to become a vassal state, so Liu Xiu gave them the Japanese kingdom. Emperor Guangwu also thought that he had given them enough face, because there was a single person in the radical of the word "Japanese". Next, you can treat them as human beings. Until the Tang Dynasty, Japan had always called itself the "Japanese Kingdom". To use the name at that time, it was a tributary country of China and had to pay tribute to China for a long time.
According to historical records, it was not until the second half of the 7th century (during the Tang Empire) that the Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty awarded the Japanese country the name "Japan". From then on, the Japanese country revised its foreign name to Japan.
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During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Japan sent envoys and overseas students many times in order to learn from China’s advanced culture, which greatly promoted Japan’s economic and cultural development. During Wu Zetian's reign, the Japanese country repeatedly begged Wu Zetian to change their names. Wu Zetian did not agree at first. Wu Zetian was drinking at the time. Wu Zetian was already drunk at the time, so she was very impatient, so she agreed to the Japanese envoy's request.
When Emperor Yuanmei came to power, it was stipulated that the word "Japanese" should be replaced with the word "Japanese", because "Japanese" is pronounced "yamato" like "Yamato" in Japanese, but there is no record in Japanese historical materials All of this is clearly described in our country's historical materials, and then "Fuso", "Japanese", "Yingzhou", etc. appeared. It can be seen that various Japanese names have a deep origin with Chinese characters.
Since then, Japan’s country name has continued to this day without any change. As for the origin of these two country names in Japan, Japanese experts have not denied it at all. This attitude is still worthy of praise. It's not like there is a country where everything belongs to them. Later, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, after the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national power greatly increased, and it even had a war with China. Now, Japan is one of the few developed countries in Asia, and its strength cannot be underestimated.