Japanese descent
In Japanese culture, the earliest written record is the Han and Wei Dynasties, while China's written record dates back to the Shang Dynasty, more than 1000 years before Japan. China's "Geography of Hanshu" records: "There are Japanese in the Sea of Le Lang, divided into more than 100 countries, and they always come to see the clouds." Le Lang refers to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and there are few written records of this period in Japan.
Japan's most famous national treasure, Han Guangwu, gave Japan the golden seal of the words "Han Wei Wang Nu", which proves that Japanese characters originated in China.
In addition, the ancient graves in the earliest historical period of Japanese unification dynasty only spread culture from characters, the characters are Chinese characters, and the ancient graves are the Wei and Jin Dynasties in China.
In addition, early Japanese scholars also made excellent research on ancient Chinese, such as:
The earliest official history of Japan, The History of Japan, was basically written in ancient Chinese. The sentences are basically in line with the language habits of ancient Chinese people, such as "the palace is clean and Taichung is exquisite".
Japanese pseudonym
Because the Japanese language system itself is a syllable system, the pronunciation of a Chinese character in China has many pronunciations among Japanese people, which are similar to English. Although the Japanese have no problem in writing and reading Chinese characters, there will be problems in reading Chinese characters, so the Japanese can write as many Chinese characters as they can pronounce. However, due to the complexity of Chinese characters, it is very difficult and time-consuming to write and mark them, so they borrowed a lot of cursive writing methods of Chinese characters to make pronunciation more convenient.
So in Japanese, we can see many regular script Chinese characters and glyphs that are very similar to China's cursive script, which shows that China's calligraphy has a great influence on Japanese calligraphy.
Early Japanese calligraphy
The first peak of Japanese calligraphy appeared in Heian period, which was roughly equivalent to the Five Dynasties in China and the Northern Song Dynasty. The most famous Japanese are "three strokes", namely, Empty Sea, Emperor Yi and Orange Yi Shi. At the beginning, their calligraphy is a typical style of China in the ancient Jin and Tang Dynasties.
Empty sea calligraphy:
Emperor Emei:
Orange escape potential:
Their calligraphy is basically cursive, and their style is similar to that of Jin and Tang Dynasties. Konghai calligraphy, in particular, basically imitates Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing, and is called "Wang Xizhi" in Japan.
Therefore, Japanese calligraphy and culture are basically greatly influenced by Chinese. Only after China's Chinese characters are spread to Japan can Japanese national culture develop. Writing is the root of culture, and Japanese roots come from China to a great extent. Therefore, Japanese calligraphers often say that China is our "maiden". As a native of China, we must feel sincere pride and pride.