The East Asian island country of Japan is a country that is good at learning, since ancient times, it has imitated other countries and changed its own system, before the late Qing Dynasty, Japan used to emulate China, first of all, there was a great reform, and then there was respect for Confucianism. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan followed the example of Europe and the United States and implemented a capitalist system. It is precisely in this reform that Japan has become stronger and stronger. Because Japan effectively imitates the history of our country, so the ancient thinkers of our country have also been quite respected by the Japanese, in the history of Japan, these four Chinese have had a great impact on Japan, without their help, Japan conservatively estimated to be more than half a century behind.
Japan practices an emperor system, and since ancient times, it has also embraced the so-called Shinto way. There are many legends about the first emperor of Japan, Emperor Shenwu, and according to Japanese historical records, the first emperor of Japan, Emperor Shenwu, came from the West Sea Chinese, and he was Xu Fu. You may find it a bit funny, but it has also been convinced. Xu Fu was a warlock of the Qin Dynasty in China, and in his later years, Qin Shi Huang believed in the art of immortality, and Xu Fu deceived Qin Shi Huang into going to Penglai with 5,000 boys, girls and boys. After Xu Fudong crossed, he never returned to China, so there was a saying that Xu Fu founded Japan.
The Japanese once regarded Xu Fu as the first person of Emperor Shenwu, but from a historical point of view, this legend is not credible, although it is uncertain whether Xu Fu was the first person of Emperor Shenwu of Japan, but it is certain that Xu Fu led five thousand boys and girls to the East Crossing is absolutely indisputable.
The second Chinese who was worshipped as a god by the Japanese was Zhu Shunshui. Zhu Shunshui was an educator at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who was originally only a son of an aristocrat. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shunshui crossed to Japan in order to realize his ideal of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Before Zhu Shunshui came to Japan, Japan was still a nation suppressed by Shinto and Buddhist ideas, and it was not until Zhu Shunshui came to Japan that the Japanese gradually had their own spiritual world. Zhu Shunshui vigorously propagated his ideological ideas in Japan, and soon his Confucian ideas were widely circulated in Japan. Zhu Shunshui can be said to be the first person to promote the awakening of the Japanese nation, and it is also his enterprising ideas that have influenced generations of Japanese people. After Zhu Shunshui's arrival, he was strongly supported by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, and it was because of this that his ideas were widely spread in Japan.
The third Chinese who is regarded as a god by the Japanese is Wang Yangming. Wang Yangming is the founder of Mind Science, and his ideas have also been widely circulated in Japan. Wang Yangming opposed Cheng Zhu Lixue's rational thought, and on the basis of his theoretical thought, he further put forward the idea of the unity of conscience and knowledge and action. Although its theories were not recognized by the ming rulers, their ideas were greatly disseminated by the Japanese. Wang Yangming's way of governing the country was highly admired by Japanese samurai, and even in modern times, he was regarded as the soul of Japanese soldiers. Wang Yangming's idea of loyalty coincided with the Japanese idea of loyalty to the monarch, especially during the Period of Japanese Warring States Disputes, which became the lifelong belief of Japanese samurai, and even the later Japanese military figures Higashigo Heihachiro, Saigo Takamori, and Terauchi Masayoshi also highly respected Wang Yangming.
The last Chinese to be regarded as a god by the Japanese was Wei Yuan. Wei Yuan was a famous thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, who was once hailed as the first person in China to open his eyes to the world. Wei Yuan's book "Chart of the Sea Country" greatly influenced the Japanese nation, and it was precisely by relying on Wei Yuan's concept of a strong country that Japan became strong. Before the Opium War, both China and Japan regarded the West as a barbarian domain, and as the market was forced to open, some intellectuals in our country and Japan began to turn to the world.
"Atlas of the Sea Country" can be said to be a great work to understand the world, but it was not valued by the Qing government at that time, until it was transmitted to Japan, and it gradually sprouted and took root. It was through the description of the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" that the Japanese people understood the development trends of various countries in the world, and with the so-called strategy of a strong country, Japan realized the reform movement of overthrowing the domain.