China as a great country in the East with a history of five thousand years of civilization, the cultural heritage is profound and profound, involving a wide range of fields, in ancient times there have been many glorious times and achievements, and Japan is only a projectile island country, due to material scarcity, limited land population, greatly limited the speed of its cultural and economic development, but the Japanese have great ambitions, has been looking for a direction for their own national strength, when it sees the development of Chinese civilization so brilliant, all kinds of envy and jealousy follow, There was also a strong curiosity about China, and it was this curiosity that made Japan crazy to study and learn Chinese civilization.
Since the Han Dynasty, Japan has actively established diplomatic relations with China, and through constantly sending emissaries to study and learn from Chinese culture, the fields involved are very extensive, and the Japanese are almost eager to move the whole of China to Japan for study. I have to admit that Japan's learning ability and patience are indeed very strong, bringing back many of China's excellent cultures to Japan, and then after being modified, they have become the unique culture of the Japanese people themselves.
After a long period of study and imitation, Japan began to have its own writing, art, etiquette, martial arts, etc., Chinese culture played a great role in the enlightenment of Japanese cultural thought, and Japan began to use China to gradually become stronger. However, Japan is a projectile island country after all, and it is difficult to make great achievements, so Japan began to make territorial expansion a national policy.
During the Tang Dynasty of China, Japan launched a war against Korea and wanted to attack China by occupying Korea as a springboard, but as a result, it was defeated by the Tang army in Korea, and the Japanese navy was completely destroyed, ending in failure. However, Japan was not satisfied, and continued to deeply understand Chinese history, learn the culture of China, and want to find out China's weaknesses and give a fatal blow.
In 1592, during the Ming Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi decided to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, so he made a request to the Joseon Dynasty to enter the Ming Dynasty under false roads, but the Korean king refused, so Hideyoshi decided to annex Korea first, and then annex the Ming Dynasty. In April of the same year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent 160,000 troops to invade Korea, along the way like a bamboo, soon captured the capital of Korea, the King of Korea asked the Ming Dynasty for help, and then the Wanli Emperor sent Li Rusong to lead 70,000 Ming troops into the Dprk to resist the Wu, the Ming army with advanced military equipment and Under the excellent command of Li Rusong, defeated the Wukou in the Battle of Pyongyang, the Wukou collapsed, and fled one after another. The Ming army shelled the frozen Datong River, the cavalry divided into roads to intercept and kill the enemy, and the Wukou burned, shelled, and drowned, and countless people died.
After this great defeat, Japan has been dead for hundreds of years, but it has always been a thief who has never died, and they have always studied China, studied excellent culture and found out China's weaknesses, thinking that one day they can defeat China, occupy the land of China, become the world's strongest, and never give up until they reach their goals, which is the terrible thing about the Japanese nation.
In 1894 AD, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Naval Battle ended with Japan's victory, and since then the gap between the two countries has gradually widened and embarked on a completely different path, and since then Japan has been more enthusiastic about Chinese history and culture, because their ambition to encroach on the whole of China will have a chance to realize, and they want to find a way to enslave Chinese through the study of Chinese history.
These are the reasons why japan is obsessed with Chinese history, because they have huge ambitions, they want to become stronger and want to conquer China, so we must always be vigilant against this dangerous neighbor.