World history is very interesting: Yuan Tengfei talks about Japanese history

Chapter 2 This history is unreliable

a muddled account
According to the historical view prevailing in Japan before World War II, Japan is the country of the emperor, so it is called the imperial country.After World War II, Japan's imperial view of history was criticized by the international community.However, with the recovery of the Japanese economy, the view of imperial history has begun to rise again in recent years.

According to the history of the imperial kingdom, Japan's first emperor was called Emperor Shenmu, who ascended the throne in about 660 BC, and was about the same age as Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong in China.Since the first emperor ascended the throne in 660 BC to the present, the title of emperor has lasted for more than 600 years.

During World War II, Japan's most famous fighter was called the Zero fighter, and the Zero fighter was equipped with troops in accordance with Japan's Imperial Year 2600, which is 1940 AD.The Type 2592 infantry artillery was equipped with troops in 1932, the year of the Japanese Empire, that is, in [-] AD, so it is called the Type [-] infantry artillery.

Japan's view of imperial history says that its history is more than 600 years old, but many scholars believe that Japan's history, especially ancient history, for the first 1000 years is a mess, half of which are boring myths and the other half are fabricated fakes. history.

In fact, to compile a history, there are legends and myths in the history, this is not uncommon, other countries have done this, but the most interesting thing about Japan is that it regards the emperor as the descendant of God, a god in the world .This is outrageous.

Japan only had official history when the No.40 emperor, Emperor Tenmu.After Emperor Tenmu succeeded to the throne, he felt that there were too many historical fallacies circulating in Japan at that time, and the things passed down by word of mouth were not credible, and they became out of shape when they said it.Therefore, he ordered a minister to write an official history based on the original Japanese historical materials in Chinese.After years of writing, finally came up with an official history, called "The Records of Ancient Matters".

In addition to this "Kojiki", Emperor Tenmu also set up an editorial committee to write a history of Japan called "Nihon Shoki" in the biographical style of "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" in China.This "Shuki" has a total of [-] volumes, which are written entirely in Chinese characters. The first and second volumes are myths, and the third volume is the beginning of Japanese official history "Shenwu Ji", which is the history of Emperor Jimmu of Japan. this century.

"Kojiki" was published in 712 AD, and "Nihon Shoki" was published in 720 AD.Before these two books came out, the Emperor was not a god.

can make gods
According to the records of Japan's "Kojiki", the god of the heavenly world is called Tenshin, and the place of activity is Takamagahara.When the heavens and the earth were formed, three gods were born in Gao Tianyuan, namely, the God of Yuzhong, the Lord of Heaven, the Sun God of Gaoyu, and the Sun God of God.These three gods have a common feature, they are all asexual gods, without gender, neither male nor female, and they are all gods.

Later, two gods of yin and yang appeared. These two gods are brothers and sisters, one is Izanaki and the other is Izanami. These two brothers and sisters interbreed, giving birth to islands, mountains, rivers, vegetation, and everything in the world, and then began to create people. .When Izanami was giving birth to Vulcan, the birth canal caught fire, causing her to burn to death. Izanaki was heartbroken and chased all the way to the underworld. When she saw the horrible scene of Izanami falling into the underworld, she ran away in fright the way.After running back, Izanaki felt that he was tainted with the bad luck of the underworld, so he found a river, took off his clothes, and threw away the accessories on his body to wash off the filth on his body.After washing and going ashore, when the left eye was washed with clear water, the main god of Japan, Amaterasu (the sun), was born; when the right eye was washed, Tsukiyomi (the moon) was born; when the nostrils were washed, the life of Susanoo ( Bohemian God).

In other words, Amaterasu and her two younger brothers were not born through intercourse between men and women, but were born from the eyes and nose of the male god Izanaki.Amaterasu later took charge of Takamahara, and he can be called the dragon and phoenix among the gods, the king of the gods, and the sun god that the Japanese think.

In fact, this kind of legend exists in many ethnic groups.For example, in China, there are also stories about Fuxi and Nuwa who made brothers and sisters, and Nuwa created human beings. These stories are similar with minor differences.But the most interesting thing about Japan is that Amaterasu is also the sun god, a goddess. She gave birth to five boys and three girls, but she didn't know who her husband was, that is to say, she had five boys and three girls without a husband. female.Through the decipherment of Japanese mythology by scholars, it is believed that the sun goddess Amaterasu and his younger brother Susanoo have given birth to so many children.Then the three daughters belonged to the younger brother, and the five sons were distributed to the older sister.This is actually very similar to the legends of Fuxi and Nuwa in China.

God Amaterasu gave birth to five sons, and the eldest married the daughter of a god who was at the same level as God Amaterasu. It seems that gods also have to pay attention to marriage. It is impossible for the daughter of the Jade Emperor to marry Bi Mawen.The eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a son named Qiongqiong Chuzun. Originally, Amaterasu God wanted to send his eldest son to come to the earth to rule everything in the world, but for some reason, he changed his mind later. When issuing the dispatch form, he filled in Grandson's name: Qiongqiong Chuzun.

Japanese people's names followed by "zun" or "ming" are respectful titles. Some people think that this is influenced by China.Because the "Ancient Matters" was written in the Tang Dynasty of China, Chinese Taoism may have been introduced to Japan at this time, especially the emperors of the Tang Dynasty worshiped Taoism, and the highest gods of Taoism were Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun . "Ming" also comes from a Chinese allusion. During the Zhou Dynasty in China, officials had one to nine lives. The more lives, the higher the level. For example, the three men and nine lives under the emperor's command, and the corporal's one life in the middle school. Later, China changed it. The finished product is graded.The lower the rank, the higher the rank, the first rank is higher than the second rank, and the ninth rank is the lowest, and the fate is just the opposite.

In order to preserve blood, I would rather incest
Qiongqiong Chuzun came to the world according to the order of his grandmother Amaterasu.God Amaterasu told him, grandson, go and rule Weiyuan China, which is a beautiful and rich place.Ashihara China is a good name for Japan's land, just like the Chinese call their country Shenzhou, Chixian, and Huaxia.

Qiongqiong Chuzun is the grandson of heaven, and God Amaterasu is grandma. How can the grandson not listen to grandma?Qiongqiong Chuzun didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly drove auspicious clouds to land on Mount Hyuga Takachiho in Kyushu (today's Miyazaki Prefecture and northern Kagoshima in Japan).Today, Japan's largest warship can be called a quasi-aircraft carrier, and it is called "Hyuga", which is the name of Japan's ancient country.During the Sino-Japanese War, the fastest cruiser in Japan was called "Takachiho", which was named after the ancient country in Japanese myths and legends.This kind of tradition in China has been cut off, but Japan has always been nostalgic for its own history.

After Qiongqiong Chuzun fell to the world, he was eager to enjoy the fireworks in the world, followed the fashion trend, and met a daughter of a mountain god, Muhuakai Yeji, handsome men and beautiful women, sparks sparked with firewood, and had a one-night stand.Qiongqiong Chuzun's seeds are good, and Muhuakai Yeji is pregnant.When Muhua bloomed, Yeji found Qiongqiong Chuzun and said, you are responsible, what should I do if I am pregnant?Qiongqiong Chuzun was very puzzled, just one night, am I so strong in fighting?
Qiongqiong Chuzun is a god, and he suspects that Muhuakai Yeji is pregnant with the seed of the land god (actually the local aborigines).As soon as Mu Huakai Yeji heard it, she became anxious: It is impossible, I have been as good as a jade since I was a child, and I only fooled around with you once, and I am pregnant with your child!You don't admit it, do you?

Muhuakai Yeji has a lot of backbone. Seeing that the man she had a one-night stand with has a bad intention, she builds a maternity house without doors and windows, and she can only enter and cannot come out.After she went in, she said to Qiongqiong Chuzun: I gave birth to a child in the maternity room, and then lit a fire. If the born child is burned to death, it means that he is not your child; The child is yours, you must recognize it.what do you think?
Before Qiongqiong Chuzun agreed, Muhuakai Yeji started to light the fire in the house.As a result, good guy, when the fire was lit, Muhuakai Yeji gave birth to three children in succession in the middle of the fire.The triplets were all born in the fire and have not yet been burned.Of course, only in mythology does such a bizarre thing happen.

This story is recorded in the Japanese "Kojiki", which actually shows that the Japanese royal family attaches the most importance to blood relationship.We in China emphasize that the world belongs to the people of the world, the virtuous live in it, and the virtuous lose it.Therefore, Chinese people think that it is only natural for the Yi surname to revolutionize and change dynasties.But there is no such concept in Japan. The Japanese believe that only people with the blood of the emperor and the royal blood can be the emperor and become the supreme leader of the country.From this myth and legend, it can be seen that the origin of Japanese culture attaches great importance to bloodlines, and the concept of bloodlines has been deeply rooted from the very beginning.

Seeing that the three children were not burned to death in such a fire, Qiongqiong Chuzun must be his own seed, so he happily recognized the three children.Among them, the youngest, Huo Yuanli, married the daughter of the Sea God and gave birth to a son named Cao Rong Bu Zun when he grew up.Cao Rong was disrespectful and married his mother's younger sister, his own aunt.

It can be seen that the Japanese royal family has a history of incest since the age of myths and legends.why?It is to ensure the purity of the royal family's blood, the royal family cannot be stained with the blood of foreign races, and the blood of foreign races will not be pure, so in order to protect the blood, they would rather incest.

Kusanagi married her aunt and gave birth to four sons in a row. The youngest son was named Wakanomumumami, who would later become Emperor Jimmu.Emperor Jimmu is the fifth grandson of Amaterasu.

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