Xu Fu took 3,000 boys and girls to the story of the east crossing to Japan, I believe everyone has heard about it. After the eastern crossing, Xu Fu became the first generation of Japanese emperors, and the Japanese were all descendants of Xu Fu.
In fact, this statement is not correct, but"
It is true that Xu Fudongdu has brought advanced culture and technology to Japan, and has also greatly promoted the development of Japanese Yayoi culture
。
▲ Xu Fudongdu.
Looking back at "Xu FuDongdu", it is also a mystery. Why did Xu Fu ask Qin Shi Huang for 3,000 boys and girls to accompany him? Where did he go? What about Xu Fu's mentor "Ghost Valley"?
Brushing aside the layers of historical fog, Xi Qimei restored the truth. Here we go.
A Planned Overseas Migration:
Xu Fu (徐福), courtesy name Junfang, was ostensibly an imperial physician of Qin Shi Huang. But at the same time, he was also a closed disciple of Oniguzi, a famous alchemist of the Qin Dynasty, and a Taoist celebrity. Ghost Guzi believes that everyone knows that his many apprentices are talents, such as Pang Juan, Sun Zhen, Su Qin, and Zhang Yi. And Xu Fu, as his closed disciple, his strength will not be bad.
In 219 BC, Xu Fu suddenly wrote to Qin Shi Huang, saying that there were three mountains on the sea, namely "Penglai", "Abbot", and "Yingzhou". What did this Xu Fu do without mentioning the three mountains? "Seduce" Qin Shi Huang.
▲Qin Shi Huang.
He said to Qin Shi Huang that on these three immortal mountains, there were gods and immortals. Qin Shi Huang was energized as soon as he heard it, because he had just unified the four sides and was eager to live forever in order to achieve the purpose of long-term rule. So he waved his big hand: "Xiao Xu, you will go to the sea for me to ask the immortals for immortal medicine!" Xiao Xu nodded in agreement: "Great King, you gave me a ship, thousands of boys and girls, three years of grain and other supplies, I will go back!" ”
Back? Back.
▲XuFu Dongdu route.
It turned out that Xu Fu's first time at sea was basically a coastal voyage. At that time, the level of technology at that time, navigation used wooden boats, power was sails and manpower, and even black technology such as compasses did not take shape until the Western Han Dynasty. Looking at the picture with Xi Qimei, Xiao Xu set off from Langya with the full expectations of the First Emperor, crossed Jiaozhou Bay, Chengshan, Zhifu, and Miaodao Islands to the Laotie Mountain of the Liaodong Peninsula, then crossed the Yalu River to the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, circled around the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, passed through Tsushima Island, Oki Island, Kitakyushu, crossed the Guanmen Strait, Seto Inland Sea to Kumano Beach in Wakayama Shingucho.
Have you found the elixir? Of course not.
▲Book burning pit Confucianism.
However, on the eve of Xu Fu's return, the Qin Shi Huang "book burning pit Confucianism" incident broke out. A large number of alchemists and Confucians were killed. After his return, although Xu Fu was not among the killed, he also lost confidence in the situation under the rule of the First Emperor because of this incident. So he planned a shocking "escape". He first excused himself and said"
Penglai medicine is available, but it is often suffering from mackerel
”。 Oops, the elixir almost ended at first sight, but a fish monster called "Mackerel" often hindered me. After the First Emperor listened, did he doubt whether it was true or false? No. He was too desperate to get the elixir. "Xiao Xu, you keep trying. I'll shoot a big fish with a crossbow to make way for you!" ”
About 3000 Boys and Girls:
In this way, in 210 BC, Xu Fu led three thousand boys, girls and hundreds of workers, with advanced science and technology and materials, and began the second more luxurious sea trip. The route taken this time is the same as the first time. I don't know if you have ever thought about it,
Why bring so many virgin boys and girls? Xu Fu's official saying is "filial piety to the god of the sea (mackerel, etc.)". But actually?
If the first time I went to sea was for "work", then this second time I went to sea was "fleeing"
。 If going back sooner or later is a death, then Xiao Xu me, go and don't go back!
Is Xu Fu the Emperor of Japan?
In history, what is the record of Xu Fudongdu's incident? And what are the ruins to prove it? Xi Qimei to give an example (if you don't like to read historical materials, you can skip and not look).
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The earliest records of the events are from the "Qin Shi Huang Benji" and "Huainan Hengshan Lie biography" in the "Records of History". These include Xu Fu's journey from the southeast to Penglai, his dialogue with the god of the sea, and the god of the sea asking for virgin boys and girls as gifts, which is generally believed to be Xu Fu's fabrication of excuses for Qin Shi Huang, and also records that Xu Fu went to sea again to carry grain seeds, and was accompanied by hundreds of workers. After this trip to the sea, Xu Fu came to the "Plain Guangze" (probably the Japanese island of Kyushu), he felt that the local climate was warm, the scenery was bright, and the people were friendly, so he "stopped the king from coming", stopped and established himself as the king, taught the locals farming, fishing, whaling and asphalting methods, and did not come back.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentions that Xu Fu arrived at Qizhou (一作澶洲) and stayed behind. In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Qizhou and Yizhou are in the southeast direction of the sea off China, and they are not far apart. Some people think that Yizhou is Taiwan, and Qizhou is Japan, and Wuguo is the two names of the same place.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty also mentions Xu Fu's Eastern Crossing.
The "Japanese Sword Song" clearly states that the place where Xu Fu stayed is Japan, and believes that Xu Fu carried a large number of classics when he crossed the east, so that the classics that were burned by Qin Shi Huang in China were preserved in Japan. But the veracity of this claim is difficult to verify. In 1339, the "Orthodox Record of the Divine Emperor" written by the Japanese Minister of the Southern Dynasty, Kitahata Kinbo, recorded this incident as a history of letters, saying that "Confucius's entire scriptures only exist in Japan."
In addition, Xu Fudongdu is recorded in Chinese and Japanese works such as the Six Thesities of Yichu, the Orthodox Record, and the Chronicle of the Kai Kingdom.
In addition to the documentary records, The Taiwanese scholar Mr. Peng Shuangsong has also made statistics that there are more than 50 tombs, shrines, monuments, temples, etc. associated with Xu Fu's name in various parts of Japan, more than 20 landing points, and more than 30 legends and stories. Mt. Fuji, Waka Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Akita Prefecture all have traces of Xu Fu's activities. There is a tomb of Xu Fu in Xufu Park, Shingu, Wagashi Prefecture, Japan, and there is a shrine to Jinlishan in Kanitisan County, Japan, and the main worship god is Xu Fu, who is worshipped as the god of medicine and farming. Every year on December 15th, people hold a "harvest festival" here to sacrifice Xu Fu.
From the scattered historical materials and ruins, it can be seen that Xu Fudong crossed to present-day Japan. Therefore, some scholars believe that Xu Fu is the first emperor of Japan, Emperor Shenwu. But the loopholes in this conjecture are large. Because Emperor Shenmu was born in 711 BC and founded the kingdom in 660 BC. Xu Fu, on the other hand, had just gone to sea in 210 BC. The time difference between the two is more than 500 years.
▲ Xu Fu deceived Qin Shi Huang, who was bent on seeking the elixir of immortality.
Therefore, it is inaccurate to speculate that the Japanese are Xu Fu's descendants. But in
In Japan's ancient history, the "Jomon culture" that has lasted for more than 6,000 years suddenly appeared a huge fault around the third century BC, and directly jumped into the era of "combined use of gold and stone".
The prevailing view today is that this leap originated from immigrants from outside the archipelago, and that large-scale collective migration from outside brought about a new culture.
On the timeline, the event is also completely consistent with "Xu Fudongdu".
Xu Fu had a profound influence on Japanese Yayoi culture. Rice, medical knowledge, metal smelting, and textile technology were introduced to Japan. The introduction of Chinese characters also played a reference significance for the production of Japanese national characters. In addition, Xu Fu also brought the Yin-Yang Five Elements Doctrine and Confucianism of the Oniguzi School to Japan. All these have played an epoch-making significance for the development of Japanese society. Therefore, to this day, the Japanese people still worship Xu Fu as the "god of farming", "the god of medicine" and "the god of textiles".
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Author: SiqiMei
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