Source: @江上苇

Sixty years later, we should still reflect on that painful past.

The blood of tens of millions of people, the tragedy of an era, should not only let us remember hatred, but also let us increase our wisdom, never forget the past, and be a teacher of the future.

From the atrocities committed by the Japanese aggressors against China, we can see a lot of inexplicable hatred, hostility, and even contempt. But on the other hand, they used a lot of Chinese characters to worship Chinese culture, and Yamamoto Isoroku even preached everywhere that he "bowed his head and worshiped Yangming all his life" (which is the same as Mr. Jiang's touch).

Isn't that a contradiction?

I am afraid that such a contradiction cannot be explained only by false words such as "those who are not of my race will have different hearts".

Japan, from the time of the Yamatai Kingdom to the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, has always been in awe of China, especially after experiencing close exchanges with the Sui and Tang dynasties in China (of course, including martial arts exchanges with the Tang Dynasty in Korea), it has thoroughly regarded China as its own teacher.

Although sending Tang envoys has become a thing of the past, the exchanges between the two Song Dynasty and Japan are still close and friendly, Ouyang Xiu wrote the "Japanese Sword Song", saying: "Kunwu Dao is far from being restored, and it is rumored that who can be poor in cutting jade." The sword is close to Japan, and the more Jia De's sea is east. Fish skin scarf fragrant wood sheath, yellow and white miscellaneous and copper. 100 gold is passed into the hands of good deeds, and admiration can be fierce. It is rumored that the Republic lives on a large island, and the soil is alive and the customs are good. He first deceived Qin Min and collected medicine to drown Tong Mao. There are five kinds of hundreds of crafts, and the instruments are exquisite. The contributions of the previous dynasties were repeated, and the scholars often resigned. Xu Fuxing's books were not burned, and hundreds of books still exist today. Lingyan is not allowed to spread to China, and no one in the world knows ancient languages. I want to go to school, and there is no passage through the waves. It is sighing to sit on the runny nose, and the rusty short knife is full of clouds. The article is full of feelings that the two brothers have not seen for many years.

However, after the Mongols fell to the Southern Song Dynasty, Japan's relations with China immediately became enemies. Until then, Japan had always regarded China as its teacher, and it could even be said that the Japanese simply regarded themselves as Chinese - but they were not embarrassed to explain it. The Chinese of the Tang Dynasty did not discriminate against the Japanese as outsiders, and Li Bai often drank with Abe Nakamaro.

During the Yamatai era, the Japanese were regarded as barbarians by the Chinese, and they also recognized themselves as barbarians, but after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty and the great destruction of Middle-earth culture, the Japanese suddenly found that they were the heirs of Middle-earth culture (Goryeo at that time was also under the control of Mongolia). After that, the Japanese government not only desperately tried to attract the representatives of Middle-earth culture to Japan, but also took China under the rule of the Mongols as a "barbarian" as a matter of course, and was very disrespectful to Kublai Khan's envoys, and directly led the Yuan Dynasty to conquer Japan.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, Japan referred to China as "China", which, as everyone knows, is a contemptuous term.

But at that time, all Japan wanted to express was its dissatisfaction and resentment at the alien race for defeating its teacher.

At that time, the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty were needless to say that they were on the side of Japan, and this complex was widely prevalent among those who considered themselves to be the inheritors of Middle-earth culture before Japan and modern China became enemies.

Hundreds of years later, in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, Wu Yanren, who wrote "Painful History", also regarded Japan's attack on the Yuan Dynasty army as a good way of heaven, and described Zheng Huchen's diplomatic methods with the brushstrokes of a novelist - although the name Zheng Huchen was copied by Mr. Wu from Feng Menglong, thousands of nameless "Zheng Huchen" really existed, and worked hard to encourage Japan to fight against the Mongols occupying Chinese mainland.

In their opinion, they were imitating Shen Baoxu and crying for the Qin court - later Wu Sangui also used Shen Baoxu as himself, but he was looking for Manchurians.

The two major events in which Japan and China became enemies were the two major events in Chinese history when foreign invasions led to the change of dynasty.

The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Southern Ming Dynasty, and both led a large number of Zhongtu scholars who were unwilling to submit to foreign races to wander in Japan, and eventually became "naturalized people" - hundreds of years later, their descendants also appeared in their homeland as "invaders". - They brought not only the culture of the Central Plains, but also the seeds of deep-rooted hatred. These seeds take root and blossom in Japan, but the fruits that grow are denatured.

What Zhu Shunshui preached was hatred and intransigence against the barbarian government that ruled China at that time, but it became that the Japanese, who claimed to be "Chinese" in their bones, preached that they came to China to help "respect the king"! Even today, the Japanese rightists quibble that it is the "Greater East Asian Holy War" that liberates Asia from Western imperialism -- it is still a change in the thinking of "respecting the king and destroying the king."

When Middle-earth culture flourished, Japan recognized itself as a student, and it was honestly afraid of its teachers. However, we must also admit that the Japanese and even the entire Japanese nation are very particular about "loyalty", and it is precisely because of this loyalty that Japan has unyieldingly inherited the mantle of its teacher after the iron heel of the barbarians and despised the rulers of the mainland as the inheritor of its orthodox culture.

It is precisely the inertia of this cultural inheritance that leads to the hostility between China and Japan today.

History is very strange, when Wuxue Zuyuan and Zhu Shunshui talked about patriotism on Dongying Island, did they think that the wheel of history would distort their "patriotism" in this way? When the unlearned ancestor wrote "Don't worry" to Hojo Tokimune and held a memorial service for the Japanese samurai who were martyred in the Mongol Crusade, should we regard the old monk as a "traitor"? When Zhu Shunshui talked about the righteousness of "Huayi's defense" in Japan, and he never thought about subverting the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what he wanted to subvert was not called "China"?

This is the butterfly effect of history, and any guy who flapps his wings may cause a hurricane in 300 years.

And after that, the right and wrong, good and evil, the parties are indeed completely ignorant.

After defeating the Mongol Expeditionary Army, Japan looked down on Mongolia from then on, and vaguely, and somewhat despised "China".

Since then, in the minds of the Japanese, Chinese culture and Chinese regime have become two completely different concepts.

The traditional Chinese culture is worshiped by them, and it is still the case today.

But in the minds of the Japanese, China's regime is no longer associated with Chinese culture.

The poetry of the Japanese throughout the ages has been able to imitate China and do a good job, but since the following songs, it is rare to see the corresponding works of the Japanese - because the Mongol invasion cut the umbilical cord that had existed between China and Japan for more than a thousand years, Japan embarked on the road of free development after losing the irrigation of the source of traditional culture.

Therefore, it can be considered that the parting of ways between Chinese and Japanese culture and politics was after the entry of Meng Yuan into the Central Plains.

For example, what we call "chairs" today is called "Hu bed" in the Tang Dynasty, and since the Song Dynasty, Chinese have gradually begun to use chairs - but due to the rupture of the umbilical cord, Japan has not learned to do so, and it will only sit on tatami to this day.

The farther away from the center of civilization, the slower it will be to follow the changes of civilization, and the more the traditions of the old civilization will be maintained, as is the case in Japan.

To be precise, what the Japanese look down on is the "Chinese" culture that developed at the same time as Japan after the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and what they worship is the "Chinese" culture from which they have come from.

Take the relationship between concubines and concubines as an analogy: in the Chinese cultural circle, China before the Southern Song Dynasty was the eldest son (born to the main wife), and Japan was only regarded as a concubine (that is, born to a concubine). But then his wife died, and his father's favored Tongfang girl was straightened (she didn't even have the status of a concubine), and she also turned her eldest son into an idiot - at this time, Japan was a little uneven, and he rushed into the house of the son born to the Tongfang girl, it was said that he wanted to uphold justice, but he was indiscriminately killed, extremely perverted, and when he hit the red eye, even the brother who had been made an idiot was beaten. However, he saw that his father's relics were very cherished, and he had to shed tears, and even the broken toilet used by his father had to be carried home and treasured, and he hugged and cried from time to time......

Alas, this is the contradictory Japan, soaked in the essence of chrysanthemums and swords, it looks like a deep face, and its IQ is not low, but it often does stupid things that are unattainable.

You can say that there is something wrong with him, you can look down on him, and you can even fall on him every day (if you do this in front of him, he will be upset when he hears it, and maybe he will stab you in the ass when you are not prepared). But if you're destined to be a neighbor with him, it's better to grin and help him check his pulse - it's better to prescribe licorice soup for him, and he won't die anyway.

After all, you have more lofty ideals, and you can't let this stupid relative who has been stimulated in history and is now confused and brave trip your feet, right?

===Split line===

It seems that the stalk of "bowing his head and worshipping Yang Ming all his life" is not Yamamoto Fifty-six, right? Should it be Heihachiro Togo?