Were the ancient Japanese really short? Ladies and gentlemen, there was a book in the late Qing Dynasty called The Guillotine: The Struggle of the Party. It is reported that there is a lucky country, the domestic people, in the east and overseas of China? Mostly three feet stubborn? . According to historical records, the length of one foot in Ming and Qing Dynasties was about 3 1. 1 cm. Let's just default that this is a calculation in the late Qing Dynasty. 93.3 centimeters. Ok, plus the visual error, that is to say, the appearance of China people in Fluke is more than one meter.
Not only that, but also mentioned in the notes of Youyang in the Tang Dynasty. About the time of Wu Zetian. Some Persians came to Luoyang. Besides paying tribute to the emperor, they will also buy some things. In the process, they met a man named Li Zhangwu and gave him a wax. To put it bluntly, it is a mummy-like thing made by various antiseptic methods after death.
According to the Persians, it comes from Fluke. It is said that there are many such waxes over there. Most of them are three inches long and have obvious characteristics. They were made after the death of local adults. Ladies and gentlemen, according to historical records, one foot in the Tang Dynasty was about 30.7 cm long, that is to say, the people in this Fulu country were only about one meter long. Where is this Fluke country? According to Mr. Gu Jiegang's textual research, this place should be in the eastern part of the United States, either the Korean Peninsula or Japan. According to Shan Hai Jing, Mr. Hu Shi believes that Fluke's country is Japan.
So it can be seen from the above historical data that the ancient Japanese were really short. Why is it so short? It is recorded in detail in Chinese ancient books, which is quite reasonable. In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Wang Shizhen wrote a book called Yan Yi Bian to explain why the ancient Japanese were so short. He believes that Japan is isolated from overseas, surrounded by the sea and lacks biological resources. Therefore, Japanese people are well-fed and naturally have different lengths.
In addition, according to some ancient books, when Xu Fudong traveled, he had been to Japan, and Xu Fu also brought a large number of boys and girls. Now, if the Japanese are really descendants of those boys and girls, they are born short, which is caused by genes. Finally, there is one point that Wang Shizhen didn't say, but I think there are three points that are correct. In other words, before Meiji Restoration, Japan was a backward feudal country.
Especially in ancient China, such as the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Japanese were called Japanese, which was obvious discrimination. Since it is discrimination, it may be that we deliberately dwarf the Japanese! Of course, the Japanese are completely different now. Especially after World War II, Emperor Hirohito called for strengthening the national physique, and the government provided children with milk and other nutrients free of charge. The height of the Japanese has greatly improved!