Introduce the story of Xu Fudong's crossing.

Xu Fu's deeds were first seen in Records of the Historian Qin Shihuang's Biography of Hengshan (called Xu in Biography of Qin Shihuang's Biography of Huainan Hengshan). According to Historical Records and Biography of Qin Shihuang, Qin Shihuang hoped to live forever. In the 28th year of Qin Shihuang (2 19 BC), Xu wrote: There are three fairy mountains in the sea, Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou, where immortals live. So Qin Shihuang sent Xu Shiling to lead thousands of boys and girls, as well as three years of food, clothing, shoes, socks, medicines and farm tools to seek immortality in the sea, which cost a lot of money. However, Xu led many people to the sea for several years and did not find the holy mountain. In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang (2 10 BC), Qin Shihuang traveled eastward to Langlang, and Xu asked for more shooters to deal with sharks on the pretext that he was blocked by huge sharks after going out to sea. Qin Shihuang agreed and sent a shooter to shoot a big fish. Chui fook led the sea again.

There are many records about Xu Fudong's crossing in Historical Records, including Biography of Hengshan Mountain in Huainan, a conversation between Xu Fu and Poseidon from southeast to Penglai, and Poseidon asking for a virgin as a gift. It is generally believed that this is an excuse made up by Xu Fu for Qin Shihuang, and it is also recorded that Xu Fu once again went out to sea to transport food seeds, and hundreds of workers accompanied him. After this voyage, Fu Laixu went to the "Guangze Plain" (probably Kyushu Island, Japan). He felt that the local climate was warm, the scenery was beautiful and the people were friendly, so he "stopped the king from coming" and stopped teaching the local people the methods of farming, fishing, whaling and paper pumping, and never came back. Biography of Hengshan Mountain in Huainan is slightly different from Biography of Qin Shihuang. It is said that Xu Fuyi did not take thousands of boys and girls to the sea at first, but led thousands of boys and girls to the sea when he went to the sea again after years of unsuccessful search for Xianjia. Regarding the three fairy mountains that Xu Fu is going to visit, Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou, Historical Records of the Closed Meridian only says that they are in the Bohai Sea, and the specific location cannot be determined. And where is the plain wide ze, there is no textual research.

The History of the Three Kingdoms

The History of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Wu Shu's Sovereignty, History of the Later Han Dynasty and Biography of Dongyi also mentioned Xu Fudong's crossing the river. It is mentioned in the "Three Kingdoms" that Xu Fu went to Zhangzhou and stayed there. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Xuzhou and Yizhou are located in the southeast of China, not far apart. Some people think that Yizhou is Taiwan Province Province, Yizhou is Japan and Japan is the same place. "The History of the Three Kingdoms" and "Biography of Japanese in Shu Wei" recorded that should be in the east of Huiji and Dongye, indicating that Japanese people thought that Japan was in the southeast of China at that time. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is also recorded in the same way.

Six Chapters of Yi Chu

In the last week of the Five Dynasties, monk Yi Chu of Kaiyuan Temple in Jeju explicitly mentioned for the first time that Xu Fu finally arrived in Japan (also called Japan). Today, Qin (the Dulaihao family in ancient Japan) is his descendant and still calls himself Qin. He also said that when Xu Fu arrived, he called Mount Fuji Penglai. This is the earliest known China document that clearly points out that the place where Xu Fu stayed was Japanese. However, some people think that the records of Yi Chu are probably related to Japanese legends. Because Yi Chu had a monk friend named Hirosuke (master Hongshun, who came to China in 927) during the Japanese emperor's time, Yi Chu had never been to Japan, and the record about Mount Fuji obviously came from his Japanese friend's statement.

Japanese sword song

The Song of Japanese Knife written by Ouyang Xiu in Song Dynasty clearly pointed out that Xu Fu stayed in Japan, and believed that Xu Fu carried a large number of classics when crossing the river, so that China's classics burned by Qin Shihuang could be preserved in Japan. But the truth of this statement is difficult to verify. 1339, the book "The Canon of Jade Emperor" written by Kitagawa, the minister of the Southern Dynasties of Japan, recorded the history of faith, saying that "the complete works of Confucius only exist in Japan".

Records of "orthodox records"

The earliest record of Xu Fudong's crossing the sea in Japan was Jade Emperor's Orthodoxy written by Kitazawa, Minister of the Southern Dynasties in 1339. In the 8th century, Japanese classics "Ancient Stories" and "Records of Japan" only mentioned that Qin people migrated to Japan, but there was no record of Xu Fudong crossing the river. Some people think this is because China didn't make it clear that Xu Fudong's destination was Japanese in the 8th century.

The Japanese believe that Xu Fu landed in Shin Miyagi (now Shin Miyagi, Wakayama Prefecture) in Kumano, Jizhou, Japan. At present, there are also Xu Fu's Tomb and Xu Fu's Temple in the local area, and every year165438+1October 28th is the day to sacrifice Xu Fu. In the legend of Xu Fu in Japan, the Japanese believe that Xu Fu brought boys and girls, skilled workers, grain seeds, farm tools, medicines, production technology and medical skills, which played an important role in Japan's development, so he was honored as "the god of agriculture" and "the god of medicine".