As the only country in the world where civilization has not been interrupted, China once had the strongest national strength and the most glorious history. At the same time, our civilization also radiates from many countries around us and forms a cultural circle unique to Asia. Therefore, in history, many countries have come to China, and even more, they have asked our country for a name, the most widely known of which is North Korea.
But some people may not know that in history, not only Korea has asked our country for the name of the country, but there has been a country in South Asia that has also asked the emperor of China for the name of the country, which is called Thailand in the present day, and siam in ancient Chinese.
In the fourteenth century, Zhu Yuanzhang led the Han people to overthrow the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty and establish the vast Ming Dynasty. Under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang's Wenzhi martial arts, the founding years of the Ming Dynasty flourished, and China was rejuvenated at this time, its national strength was booming, and China's culture once again radiated to the surrounding countries. As a result, many neighboring countries came to China to pay tribute, and the kings of Korea and Thailand asked Zhu Yuanzhang to give them the name of the country.
At that time, when Zhu Yuanzhang gave the name to North Korea, it can be said that he made a lot of thoughts, and finally believed that North Korea was located in the east of China, so he named it "the country of the distinct asahi", referred to as North Korea. However, when naming Thailand "Siam", Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay much attention.
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Before the 13th century, present-day Thailand was governed by the Angkor Dynasty established by the Khmers, which ruled most of the Indochina Peninsula and was considered a relatively powerful dynasty. However, no country could stand the test of time, and eventually the Angkor Dynasty collapsed due to civil strife and foreign invasion. When the Angkor Dynasty fell, the Thais under its rule led their people to establish the Kingdom of Sukhothai. At that time, the kingdom of Sukhothai was transliterated as "Siam" in Sanskrit, and after it was introduced to China, it was called Siam by the Chinese people according to the Sanskrit transliteration.
At the height of the Siamese empire, after the defeat of the Angkor Dynasty, the Kingdom of Luo Hu, one of the many countries that split up, appeared in the history of Thailand and established the famous Ayutthaya Dynasty in Thai history, that is, the "Ayutthaya Dynasty" in the Han population. In 1349 AD, the state of Siam was conquered by the rising Kingdom of Rahu. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang was crowned king of the Kingdom of Luohu in 1377 AD, he combined the name of the previous State of Siam and called him the King of the "Siamese" Kingdom. I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay much attention to the title of Thailand, and even the State of Siam, which was conquered by the Luo Hu Kingdom, ranked ahead of the Luo Hu Kingdom in the title.
By the late 1930s, Thailand had produced a predatory soldier named Luang Phiwin Somkan, who held a variety of key positions in Thailand as Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of the Interior. Under his rule, Thailand and Japan fell into cahoots with each other and went down the path of fascism.
During his tenure, a bureaucrat named Luan Wai-chi was under his command, who wantonly incited democratic sentiment in Thailand and deliberately opposed the local Chinese and Thai ethnic groups, which made the situation of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese very difficult, and democratic hatred grew. In this case, Luan Phi Phi changed the name of Siam to "Thailand" from a Thai perspective, emphasizing the existence of the Thai people. So nowadays, when it comes to Siam, people can think of Siamese cats, but people don't necessarily know that this is the ancient city of Thailand. In fact, in the final analysis, behind Thailand's old and new names is the history of the rise and fall of the Chinese nation.