Inter-State Relations of Zhongshan State

According to the History of Ryukyu Kingdom and various historical records, since the 16th year of Hongwu (1383), all the kings of Ryukyu Kingdom have conferred titles on Emperor China, officially confirming the relationship between monarch and minister. This relationship lasted for five centuries. Even in the 14th year of the Qing Dynasty in Japan (1609), Japan's Samoan (now Kagoshima Prefecture) invaded Ryukyu, and the Ryukyu Kingdom remained unchanged under the restriction of Samoan. In the 25th year of Hongwu (1392), Zhu Yuanzhang "gave Fujian people thirty-six surnames" to Ryukyu. These immigrants from China mainly taught Ryukyu China's advanced production technology and culture. The Ryukyu Kingdom also offered gifts. For example, in 1606, when King Shang Ning was posthumously sealed, he asked the Ming people to be naturalized. For example, Chua Meier from China is a descendant of Cai Xiang, while Lin is a descendant of the family. At the same time, the king of Ryukyu often sends his children to study in China.

Since the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372), Ryukyu Kingdom has been using the year number of China, and has been adhering to Zhengshuo in China. (Until the fifth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1879), Japan forcibly "abolished Ryukyu and set up a county") The official documents, diplomatic treaties and official history of Ryukyu Kingdom were written in Chinese. Even the palace in Ryukyu Village, the capital, faces west instead of south, which fully expresses the admiration for China. Ryukyu people also do business with the Japanese, but whenever China awards the title of Ryukyu envoy, pseudonyms, harmony songs and wide use will be banned, and instead, they will wear Tang costumes. Ryukyu also cooperated with China to fight against Japanese invaders, which was recorded in Ming history, such as the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557). "First, the Japanese invaders were defeated from Zhejiang and arrived in Ryukyu. Prince Shang Yuan sent troops to attack and wiped him out. Six people who were plundered in China were returned. "

1609, Samak "invaded his country with 3,000 soldiers, captured his king, moved his weapons and plundered his weapons" (Ming History). At that time, the Diary of Xi 'an, written by the attendants of Ryukyu King, recorded: "It is like a diary of every family, passed down from generation to generation, and all seven treasures are lost!" Sa army captured more than 0/00 people, such as Ryukyu kingdom Wang Shangning, to Kagoshima for three years and five months, forcing King Shangning to acknowledge "tribute" in humiliation. At the same time, it also forcibly occupied five islands in the north of Ryukyu. But even so, it did not change the relationship between China and Ryukyu. For example, according to the Ming History, in the fourteenth year of Wanli (16 16), "Japan had a plan to take Jilong Mountain (whose place name was Taiwan Province)", and the humiliated King of Shang Ning still did not forget to "send an envoy to listen" and informed China to guard against Japanese aggression.