Japanese ancient books written in Chinese characters

In fact, Japan is the country most influenced by China culture. Today, there are still many Chinese characters in Japanese. Even in their traditional culture, you can still see the shadow of China's ancient culture. In fact, the time when China Chinese characters were introduced into Japan can be traced back to the second and third centuries BC.

After archaeological research on historical relics, from the end of the Warring States Period to the beginning of the Han Dynasty, China's culture had spread to Japan. Japanese antiques very similar in shape to China's ancient clocks have been found in many places in Japan, and many antiquities representing the early culture of China have been unearthed, which shows that China culture actually spread in Japan a long time ago, and natural Chinese characters will certainly develop in Japan.

So I think Chinese characters were introduced to Japan in the Han Dynasty, or maybe before that, a golden seal engraved with Chinese characters was once unearthed in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is said that this was given to an envoy by the emperor when Japanese envoys paid tribute to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so I think Chinese characters must have spread in Japan at least before that.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, China's economic development reached its peak. At that time, not only Japanese, but also many neighboring countries sent messengers to China to study Chinese characters, and we borrowed many things from them, such as clothes, calligraphy and Go. At that time, the imperial palaces in Japan and China were roughly the same in structure.

But once, China's status as a Chinese character was threatened in Japan. After the Meiji Restoration in Japan, Japanese people studied western culture crazily. At that time, the Japanese government was controlled by the United States, and the United States asked Japan to carry out some reforms. The reason for abolishing Chinese characters is that Chinese characters are too difficult to learn. If the Japanese insist on Chinese characters, they can't get a good education, so they want them to use simpler pinyin.

This will make it easier to manipulate their thoughts and control the content of their communication, because Americans can't understand the letters between Japanese, but their demands have been strongly rejected by the Japanese government. They believe that Chinese characters are the foundation of Japanese culture, except Chinese characters, which can never be abolished.

In the first century AD, it was recorded in an ancient book in China that the Japanese had come to China in China. I think it was probably at this time that they came into contact with Chinese characters, but I think they had learned to use Chinese when they sent envoys to the Han Dynasty in China.