When Wu Zetian was drunk, he casually gave a country a name, which is still used today, and is regarded as a joke by Chinese!
Wu Zetian was the second daughter of the Governor of Jingzhou. At the age of fourteen, he entered the harem and was given the title of "Wu Mei" for Tang Taizong.com. Emperor Gaozong of Tang enfeoffed Zhaoyi and later empress, with the honorific title of "Queen of Heaven", and together with Emperor Gaozong, he was called "Second Saint". After Emperor Gaozong's death, he served as the empress dowager of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and Emperor Ruizong of Tang. This is the earliest chinese name for Japan, and in order to be able to learn from China's big brother, Japan can accept even such a humiliating name.
After hundreds of years, Japan has learned almost the same, and has learned some etiquette, righteousness, and shame, so I want to ask the suzerainty for advice and give them a nice name. To this end, Japan has deliberately gathered many scholars to go around and read ancient books to come up with a good name. Thus, the name Japan came into being. Because the ancient Japanese revered the sun god, they regarded the sun as the totem of their own country. Legend has it that at the beginning of the seventh century, Japan's Prince Shengde wrote in his letter to the Sui Emperor: "Prince at sunrise to prince at sunset", which is the prototype of the name of Japan.
At that time, we did not have a pejorative meaning for the word "倭", but with the in-depth study of our culture, they thought that the name "倭" was unfriendly, and the word "day" represented their country more, because it was the place where the sun first rose, and they preferred their country to shine on the earth like the sun. At that time, the authorities wanted to change their country name to Japan, so they sent emissaries to Tang, soft and hard bubbles to change their names, and Emperor Houwu immediately changed their names for them, which led to Japan.
It can be seen from this that Wu Zetian gave Japan the name of the country, which is indeed a historical thing, not out of thin air, and japan has been using this name until now. Even Japanese experts do not argue at all about Japan's original humiliating history. Now, Japan is one of the few developed countries in Asia, and its strength should not be underestimated. Although ancient Japan has been learning from us, we may have a lot to learn from Japan now