Kurayama Keigo, do you know how I kneel and sit? Ran Min looked at the envoy of the Japanese kingdom with great interest.

"This ......" Kurayama Keigo heard this, and looked at his sitting posture with some confusion, it was kneeling, yes.

Ran Min shook his head lightly and said: "Your kneeling and sitting seem to be the same as my Chinese kneeling, but in fact, it is just similar in appearance but different in spirit." ”

"Please also ask the king to give advice!" Kurayama Keigo lowered his head suddenly, and made a look of eagerness to learn, very humble.

I have to say that the Japanese people are really suitable to be disciples, and they are good at learning from their strengths and making up for their own decisions. In history, when the Chinese Dynasty was strong, they humbly learned from the Chinese people; The Baiyi people were strong, so they asked the Baiyi people for advice and learned from the Yiyi skills to control the Yi.

This is worth advocating.

Ran Min smiled and said: "The kneeling and sitting of my Huaxia people is to be respectful of the front and back. The ancient Han people wore swords, and the samurai who wore the sword should always be on alert, so before sitting down, bend the left leg alone, because the sword is on the left side, and when the sword is suddenly drawn, it will not be drawn to the left leg, and it will be in a one-legged kneeling posture. Then bend the right leg again, down. Knees a fist apart, hands in fists, low at the waist. When standing up, on the contrary, first raise the right leg to facilitate the drawing of the sword, and then raise the left leg, this is the way of sitting for a warrior. ”

The literati sat with their knees on the ground, as in a woman's case, with their knees together and their hands pressed flat in front of them. In addition, if you live on weekdays, you can use the former one. But the sacrifice, the prostration, must use the latter. ”

Hearing this, Kurayama Keigo suddenly realized: "I see! King, it's the villain who is rude! ”

Kurayama Keigo immediately bowed to Ran Min as a sign of humility.

"The contemptible man has been taught."

Then, according to the method instructed by Ran Min, he first bent down, bowed into a posture, lowered the center of gravity of his body, and then, his knees touched the ground, and he sat down like a woman, with his knees together and his hands flat in front.

Seeing this, Ran Min couldn't help but bow his head slightly and said, "Cangshan Jingwu, you have studied well." ”

"Hey! Thank you for the compliment! ”

"Your official language is good, and there are some southern accents, although some of them are awkward and the words are not clear, but the widow can still hear them clearly. Cangshan Jingwu, as a Han person, everyone has to admire you, you can speak Chinese so fluently, those who don't know still think you are a Han person. ”

Hearing Ran Min say that his official words were mixed with a southern accent, Cangshan Jingwu didn't dare to hide it, and immediately said, "Yes!" The king, the official language learned by the contemptible people was taught by the people of the Southern Jin Dynasty. The king can hear it, and the contemptible people are deeply honored! ”

"Cangshan Jingwu, do you know that now my Great Wei Kingdom is still in a state of hostility with the Jin Kingdom in the south."

"The contemptible know."

Ran Min's face changed: "Since you know why did you come to Yecheng?" Aren't you afraid that the widow will arrest you as a fine work of the Jin Kingdom? ”

"The king wouldn't do that. The king is wise and powerful, and he is an unborn hero, how could he do such a thing? ”

"Haha, you've learned a good kung fu of whiskers and horses."

On weekdays, Ran Min is often slapped by the courtiers, but being slapped by a Japanese man like this, Ran Min has some different feelings, and some fluttering is inevitable.

Cangshan Jingwu suddenly said: "My lord, this contemptible person came on the order of my king, and he has come to establish diplomatic relations with your country and communicate with each other. ”

Ran Min was a little curious at this moment: "Cangshan Jingwu, your country is far away on Dongying Island, separated by a heavy ocean, although it is a strip of water, but we can't fight the relationship, how can we establish diplomatic relations?" How can we communicate with each other? ”

"King, we Yamato people like to make friends."

For Ran Min calling his Yamato country "Wa Kingdom", Kurayama Keigo was not a little annoyed, because this is on other people's territory, and people are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads?

What's more, Huaxia has a long history of the title of the Wa Kingdom.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the king of Japan sent an envoy to land on the tributary, willing to be a vassal and asked the emperor of the Han Dynasty to give him a name, so he gave the name "Wa".

Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Dongyi. It is clearly recorded in the "Wa" that in the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan, the Wa slave country paid tribute to the court, making people call themselves doctors, and the extreme southern boundary of the Wa country was also. Guangwu gave a seal.

In the first year of Emperor Yong, the king of the Japanese Dynasty was promoted to one hundred and sixty people, and he was willing to see him.

This historical event says that in the second year of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 57 AD, there was a doctor from the Wa Kingdom who went to Luoyang to contribute to the court. Emperor Guangwu presented a seal to the king of the Wa Kingdom.

Half a century later, in the first year of Emperor Yongchu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 107 AD, another king of the Wa Kingdom, named Shuai Sheng, sent an envoy to China and presented 160 people to Emperor An of the Han Dynasty as gifts.

Ran Min still knows about this matter, after all, it is in the history textbook of junior high school.

At that time, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty also presented a gold seal to the Wa Kingdom, engraved with the five words "King of the Han Dynasty". The gold seal is made of pure gold, the seal is square, the length and width are 2.3 centimeters, the height is two centimeters, the snake button, the seal is engraved in the seal.

As for the Wa Kingdom, the Analects of Confucius believes that the Wa is one of the Nine Yi.

Since the Han Dynasty, it has not been derogatory to refer to the people of the Japanese archipelago, perhaps since the Yuan and Ming dynasties. This flavor of contempt is particularly prominent in modern times.

"Like making friends?" Ran Min sneered disdainfully and said, "I'm afraid you said this sentence to Emperor Jin, right?" Kurayama Keigo, do you know that the most hated thing by widows is the two ends of the first rat, and the people who want to be left and right! You are a small Japanese country, a small country, a small land, and a lonely overseas, whether the widow has diplomatic relations with you, whether you can communicate with each other, the widow does not care. ”

"Why did the king say that?"

Kurayama Keigo's self-esteem seemed to have been hit, and he hurriedly said, "King, you need to know that the Heavenly Empire is in the upper kingdom!" Throughout the ages, Chinese people believe that those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called Z country, and those who live in the middle of heaven and earth are called Siyi. And those who are in the Celestial Empire are all in the four Yi Bin, the four Yi are in the four Yi, and the Z country is in the Z country, and each is not chaotic. ”

"However, since ancient times, the Heavenly Empire has been in the upper kingdom, why has there been no tribute from Fanbang and other races? In the past, when Cao Wei was in the past, Qiuzi, Khotan, Kangju, Wusun, Shule and other countries in the Western Regions all paid tribute, and when the Han Dynasty was the strongest, it was the four Yi guests, and all the countries came to the court! Could it be that today's Great Wei is not the Heavenly Empire? ”

Regarding the concept of this Heavenly Empire, Ran Min still knows.

Since ancient times, China has regarded itself as the "Celestial Empire" and is the center of the world; And others are just "small states", barbarians.

In the pre-Qin period, many thinkers began to think about the world, and thus formed a variety of views on the world. At the time, people thought that the overall space we live in was called "Tianxia", and the Tianxia was made up of "Kyushu".

Zou Yan, a representative figure of the Yin and Yang family during the Warring States Period, put forward the "Great Kyushu Theory" and the "Small Kyushu Theory". In addition, there is also a view that the world is divided into "five suits", which is typical of the Zhou people.

The so-called "five suits" from the inside to the outside are Dianfu, Houfu, Suifu, Yaofu, and Desert Fu, and the distance between each service is 500 miles. Whether it is the division of "Kyushu" or the division of "five services", the general principle is that the world is owned by the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is in the people on behalf of the heavens, which is what the world often says: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. ”

Based on the division of "the world", the ancients distinguished Huaxia and Yidi according to geographical location and the degree of civilization, specifically: Dongyi, Xirong, Beidi, and Nanban.

Of course, the division of geographical location is not the main thing, the so-called difference between Yixia and Xia is mainly the difference in the degree of civilization.

Why?

Because "Yi Di enters the Zhong country, then the Zhong country", that is, even if you are Yi Di, if your heart is towards the Central Plains civilization and accepts this set of teachings, you can become a part of Huaxia. For example, the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period has always been regarded as a barbarian, and because of a series of civilized reforms, it was recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Qin State, which has always been regarded as the "State of Tigers and Wolves" by the Central Plains Dynasty, gradually became rich and strengthened its troops after the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and embarked on the road of legalization, so that Xunzi was full of praise for it, believing that it had an ancient legacy.

After the Qin and Han dynasties, this "view of the world" was embodied in a "tributary relationship" between China and neighboring countries.

For example, the diplomatic relations between the Han Dynasty and Wuhuan, Buyeo, Yueshi and other countries. In the Cao Wei period, "although the Western Regions could not be exhausted, its great powers Qiuci, Khotan, Kangju, Wusun, Shule, Yuezhi, Shanshan, and Cheshi belonged to them, and they did not pay tribute at all ages, which was slightly like the story of the Han family." ”

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to the strength of martial arts, this relationship was more vividly embodied. For example, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and neighboring countries, due to its equal treatment,

"Since ancient times, China has been noble, and I love it as one."

Therefore, the surrounding countries were extremely supportive of Tang Taizong and called him "Heavenly Khan". ァ新ヤ(8)1 Chinese 網ωωω.χ8.1zщ.còм

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Chapter 0376: The Heavenly Empire