When a child is born, parents will give the child a nice and loud name, although it is only a code name, but it has a good meaning. Therefore, some people also specially asked people to name, which shows that parents attach great importance to their children's names. Then for a country, the name is equally important, from the name can reflect the national prestige, reflect the spirit of the country, the cohesion of the nation. The country I introduced to you today is very interesting.
This country is Japan, his original name is called "Uighur", we all know that Japan is an island country, the territory is not large, we all call him the land of bullets, the visible area is very small. According to historical records, The history of Japan is very short, and the Japanese nation is actually a mixture of Central Plains people, Malays, etc., and finally migrated to Japan, and later multiplied through generations. In the Book of Later Han, it is recorded that during the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the country was strong, and the Uighur state sent envoys to worship, and Liu Xiu gave them a piece of gold and silver with the inscription "King of han Wunu", which is the origin of the Uighur state at that time.
Later, due to the continuous study of Han culture, the Uighurs learned that this "倭" has the meaning of shortness, and slave is a very lowly meaning, and they are very unhappy after knowing it, so they try to change their name. Later, during the Sui Dynasty Emperor's time, they sent envoys to submit a letter of resignation and ask for a name change, but the Sui Emperor simply ignored it. Later, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Goguryeo was pacified, and when they saw that the opportunity had come, they sent emissaries to congratulate and ask for the name to be changed to "Japan".
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang saw this name, he thought that they were arrogant and arrogant and did not deserve this name, so they did not agree to this request, and they could only wait for the opportunity. Later, there was turmoil in the Uighur kingdom, so it broke off contact with the Central Plains, and then after the turmoil was calmed, emissaries were immediately sent to resume contacts. At this time, it was during the reign of Wu Zetian, they brought a lot of gifts, and after Wu Zetian saw it, he was very happy, so he also set up a banquet to entertain the envoys of Chaohe.
This time Wu Zetian was also very happy, so he drank a few more drinks, and the Japanese emissary saw that Wu Zetian was so happy and felt that the opportunity had come, so he took advantage of the wine to be happy, and the emissary boldly put forward the request to change the name of the country, so he asked Wu Zetian. Although Wu Zetian was a little drunk, his brain was still very sober, and he still had a little impression of the Uighur Kingdom, and he had previously made a request to change its name to "Japan", but he had not agreed to it and had dragged it on until now.
Wu Zetian looked at the emissaries, mainly because Wu Zetian was particularly happy today, so he thought for a moment and agreed to their request, which was not a big deal. When the messenger heard the promise, he was very excited, and after waiting for this day for so long, he finally finished it, very happy, so he prostrated his head and thanked him. Since then, the Uighur Empire has officially changed its name to Japan, which has been used today, and Japan has now developed into a world power.