The ancient Japanese only had their own language, but not their own writing. At one time, they used Chinese characters to express their language completely. In the long-term friendly exchanges between China and Japan, the Japanese gradually formed their own national characters on the basis of Chinese characters. It has always been recognized that Japanese characters originated in China, but when did Chinese characters spread to Japan? When did the Japanese learn to use words? For a long time, people have different opinions and never come to a conclusion.
On the above issues, there are generally the following statements.
According to the mid-1st century AD, some scholars believe that the Japanese will use the characters in the mid-1st century AD at the latest in the second half of the 1st century AD. They mainly rely on China's ancient book "Han Shu Geography" at the end of the first century AD: "There are Japanese in the Sea of Le Lang, which are divided into more than 100 countries. Come and see when you are old." According to this record, we can see that the Japanese had been to China before the end of the first century A.D., and they might have access to China's Chinese characters. In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, there is also a saying that "the Japanese slave country paid tribute to the country in the year of the founding of the Central Plains, making people call themselves doctors." This shows that the Japanese can not only use Chinese, but also know the etiquette in China. This statement has not been recognized by everyone. Therefore, it has been suggested that around the third century AD. According to China Jin Dynasty Chen Shou's Biography of Wei Zheng Han, in the 3rd century AD, the written language was already used by the Chen Dynasty on the Korean Peninsula near the Japanese archipelago, so it was possible for the written language to be introduced into Japan through the Chen Dynasty. The third view is that Japanese characters should be used in the second half of the fourth century. People who hold this view believe that Japanese characters were originally introduced by Baekje, and the Yamato court conquered the evil Matai and ruled Kitakyushu in the early 4th century. Therefore, the contact between the Korean Peninsula and Baekje countries first began in the second half of the fourth century, and Japan should have written after that. The fourth view is that Chinese characters were introduced to Japan at the beginning of the fifth century. The main historical materials are recorded in Ancient Stories to Remember Immortals. It is recorded in the book that a man named He Jishi came to Japan with The Analects of Confucius and thousands of words. Most people doubt this statement.
The Development and Research of Japanese Characters
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The Tale of Genji was produced in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Japanese characters have developed considerably, so it is impossible to use all Chinese characters.