What is the origin of Japan and Korea?

If the word "Japan" comes from, it is that the ancient Japanese thought that the sun rose from the land of Japan, and their country was a country of sunrise, hence the name "Japan".

In ancient China, Japan was originally called "Japan", which was seen earlier in the literature: Gaiguo was in Juyan South and Japan was in the North. Japanese swallow. (Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Bei Jing) When Shang Yue became king, he offered pheasants, and the Japanese played an important role. (Wang Chong: On Balancing and Restoring the Country) There are Japanese in the Sea of Le Lang, which are divided into 100 countries. When they are old, they come to see the clouds. (Hanshu Geography) Since the biography of the Three Kingdoms of Japan written by Chen Shou in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Japanese have gradually gained a concrete and in-depth understanding of Japan's situation in the East China Sea, and friendly exchanges between China and Japan have become more frequent.

In ancient China, why Japan was originally called "Japan" was not explained in the cited documents. The word "Japan" already existed, such as the book of songs Xiaoya Mu Si, which said, "Mu Si? Zhou Dao is late. " Shuowen explained: "Follow the shape, follow the people and follow the sound." Some people say that Japanese characters come from people and women. Japanese people live on rice, and women are more than men. This explanation is obviously nonsense and purely a postscript. Some scholars believe that Japan, as the ancient name of "Japan", may only be transliteration of "Xiongnu" and "Xianbei". Because the Japanese call it "harmony", "harmony" is a homonym of "Japanese". This statement seems to make more sense.

However, the words "harmony" and "Japan" in Japanese are now pronounced yamato, which is quite different from the original pronunciation of "harmony" and "Japan". What is the explanation?

In Japanese, the pronunciation of "Japanese" as "Yamato" actually started from the earliest extant ancient Japanese history Koji (7 12 AD) and Japanese Minister (720 AD), both of which were written by An Luwan, compared with the book recording the "Bad Matai" kingdom of Japan and the queen of China, Jimiko. Ann Lv Wan mistakenly thought that the queen "Jimiko" of the "evil horse country" in the Three Kingdoms was the legendary Japanese magic queen, but the age of the magic queen and Jimiko did not match, so she lengthened the age of the magic queen and her successors to match the life age of Jimiko. The reflection says that people in the evil kingdom of Mattel "live to be 100 years old, or 80 or 90 years old", which may be the basis for Lv Wan to prolong his life at will. The date of Japanese ancient history is the same as that recorded in China's historical books, which started in the 15th year of Tugu (AD 607) when Xiao Ye's sister sent her to Sui. Before that, 32 generations (from Emperor Jimmu to Emperor Chongzhen) were purely verbal rumors. At that time, there were neither words nor calendars. How can there be an accurate historical date? Therefore, scholars who study Japanese ancient history in Japan would rather believe China's official records about the history before Emperor Shen Chong than quote those legends in Japanese ancient history easily.

Because a Lv Wanren mistakenly thought that the magic queen was Jimeizi and the capital of Jimeizi was evil horse platform, the capital of the magic queen also became evil horse platform. In this way, the Japanese Heian Dynasty built its capital in the "Yamato" local wooden temple where emperors lived, and had to merge with the evil Matai on Kyushu Island. China used to be called "Japan" and Japan used to be called "He". In pronunciation, you must pronounce a big chord. This is why the Japanese words "Japanese" and "harmony" have to change the secret of their original pronunciation. As for Lv Wan's intentions, this is not the issue to be discussed here.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that China called it "Japan". The Old Tang Book Biography of Dongyi lists "Japanese" and "Japan" respectively, while the New Tang Book Biography of Dongyi only describes Japan, and there is no longer the name of "Japanese". The following explanation is given for changing "Japanese" to "Japan":

In the first year of Xianheng, he sent envoys to peaceful Korea. Later, I learned a little Xia Yin, and my name became evil, so I changed it to "Japan". The messenger said that he was famous for his recent appearance. Or cloud Japan is a small country and was merged by the Japanese, so it took this name. The messenger has no feelings, so he is suspicious.

The Book of the New Tang Dynasty was compiled by Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi in the Song Dynasty, and the above statement should be justified. Judging from this passage, "Japan" was renamed "Japan" after the first year of Xianheng in Tang Gaozong (AD 670). However, it is doubtful why the country name was changed and why it was named "Japan".

Why change "Japan" to "Japan"? It is said that the Japanese envoy to China had a little knowledge of Xia Yin (Chinese), but found that the meaning of "Japan" was not good, so he changed his name to "Japan". As mentioned earlier, the ancients in China called Japan "Japan", which was originally just a transliteration of "He", and it was not derogatory in itself. Therefore, it is hard to believe that it is "evil".

Then it is said that the Japanese changed the name of their country to "Japan" because they thought the geographical location of their country was "recently produced". This statement is also questionable; Because we think that Japan is "near", it can only be the concept of China people-Japan is on the distant sea in the east of China, which visually seems to be the place where the sun rises. "Shan Hai Jing" overseas east longitude said: "? There is a hibiscus flower in the valley, which is bathed for ten days. " "Huainanzi Astronomical Training" also said: "What is the sky? Valley, bathing in salty pool, blowing hibiscus, called morning light. " People living in the Japanese archipelago can't see the sun rising from the mainland. Therefore, the concept that Japan is the foundation of Japan's founding can only be produced in China. I said this later, obviously influenced by China's ideas.

There is also a saying that there is a small country called "Japan" near Japan, which was annexed by Japan. Later, Japanese envoys in the Tang Dynasty used the name "Japan" to address China people. This statement was suspicious at the time, and it was even more unfounded.

According to Records of the Historian, Yin was ignorant, and in a rage with his uncle, he left North Korea to establish a country.

Han Shu also wrote: During the Qin and Han Dynasties, tens of thousands of Yan people fled the war and entered Korea. Wei Man, a leader of Yan State, drove away the descendants of Ji Zi and established Wei Man Korea.

The Han Dynasty conquered Korea and turned it into four counties of the Han Dynasty.

With the demise of the Han Dynasty and the hegemony of the three countries, North Korea gradually separated from China and gained independence.