Historical dictation of Diaoyu Island

In the process of trying to seize the sovereignty of Diaoyu Island, Japan turned a blind eye to the fact that Diaoyu Island belonged to China in history, and claimed that Diaoyu Island was an uninhabited island, which was first discovered by Japanese Koga Chenshiro, so it claimed that Diaoyu Island belonged to Japan.

A few days ago, the book "The Historical Truth of Diaoyu Islands" written by Professor Han Jiegen of Fudan University was officially published, which expounded the fact that China has sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands with a large number of real historical materials. The Historical Truth of Diaoyu Island reveals a series of historical evidences that Diaoyu Island was first discovered and named by China people, including the records of conferring envoys sent to Ryukyu Kingdom recorded in China's military documents, local chronicles and poems. Diaoyu Island is neither an uninhabited island nor a Ryukyu Kingdom plundered by Japan.

Diaoyu Island was discovered and named by China.

Professor Han Jiegen, who worked in the Institute of Ancient Books Sorting and Fudan University Press, found some documents about the sovereignty of Diaoyu Islands belonging to China when sorting out the Chinese documents of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom. At the suggestion of a friend, Han Jiegen decided to explain the sovereignty of Diaoyu Island in the form of popular books. In The Historical Truth of Diaoyu Island, Han Jiegen cited 73 bibliographies, which spanned from the Jin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty or even later. These countries include China, Japan, Britain, France and Germany. In addition, there are 22 documents. All these books and documents show that the sovereignty of Diaoyu Island has belonged to China since ancient times.

Han Jiegen's citing historical facts to defend the Diaoyu Islands has also been supported and endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"We named Diaoyu Island in China in 1392 at the latest, and found it earlier. The Japanese claimed that the first discovery of Diaoyu Island was 1884, which was a long time later than China. " Han Jiegen said.

The earliest record of Diaoyu Island in China's historical materials can be found in the book "Xuanzhong Ji" written by Guo Pu in Jin Dynasty: "There are snake mounds in the East China Sea, where the land is dangerous and many snakes live. No one, no snakes, no heads, only snakes. " The "snake mountain" mentioned here refers to the south island of Diaoyu Island, which is famous for its many snakes.

This "snake mountain", that is, the South Island, was recorded in Ou Yangxun's Records of Arts and Literature in the Tang Dynasty and Li Yun's Taiping Guangji in the Song Dynasty.

According to Han Jiegen's textual research, in the sixth year of Sui Dynasty (AD 6 10), Lieutenant General Wu Ben, commander-in-chief of Sui Jun, and Jang Jin, a North Korean doctor, made an extensive inspection of the coastal seamount islands on their way to Ryukyu, and officially named them "Gaohuayu". According to Sui Shu and Coastal Defence Map of Wan Li written by Zheng Ruoceng in Ming Dynasty, experts determined that Gaohuayu was the ancient name of Diaoyu Island.

"According to the Chinese literature of Ryukyu Kingdom, China changed Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands to their current names, at the latest in the twenty-fifth year of Ming Hongwu (1392)." Han Jiegen said. In this year, in order to speed up the naturalization of Ryukyu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, made this member country, which had just joined the tributary system of China for 20 years, "share the same culture and education" with China as soon as possible, and adopted the method of government immigration to move many famous nationalities from Fujian to Ryukyu, which was historically called "Qin Cimin's 36 surname".

If you want to go from Fuzhou to Ryukyu Kingdom, you must have a compass to indicate the navigation channel, and take the stars, water, potential and mountain shape as reference objects, which is called the "needle track". In the Introduction Guide written by Cheng Shunze, a doctor of Ryukyu Zijin, there are ten sections in the acupuncture book handed down from 36 surnames in Fujian. Although these needles are missing several times, the names of Diaoyu Island, Huangweiyu Island, chiwei yu and other islands are still clearly visible.

"This shows that before 1392, the people along the coast of China and Fujian had renamed Diaoyu Island and its nearby islands as their current names and used them as navigation AIDS for maritime navigation." Han Jiegen said.