Is Xu Fu the ancestor of the Japanese?

Xu Fu is the ancestor of the Japanese. This is a saying that has been circulating in China for many years and has been recognized by many netizens. In fact, this statement is not accurate, because it is a legend after all, and we do not have very conclusive evidence to confirm this statement.

Xu Fu Statue

First of all, there is doubt whether Xu Fu really arrived in Japan. Everyone only knows that Xu Fu went to sea, but where he went is not recorded in the history books, and none of the people who went with him came back. Anyway, we are no longer in China. As for whether we encountered a tsunami or went to another place, everyone is not sure. You said he went to Japan, I also said he went to the United States, I also said he went to Singapore and the Philippines.

Secondly, assuming that Xu Fu went to Japan, he was not the ancestor of all Japanese. When Xu Fu first went to sea, he had a huge team with hundreds of boys and girls, all of whom were carefully selected and planned to be "dedicated to the gods." It is unknown whether they were enjoyed by Xu Fu alone in the end, but if Xu Fu took them to Japan, then the boys and girls would grow up, have their own families, and the children born would be Japanese today.

Finally, there is the issue of Japan’s original indigenous people. Although there are still unsolved secrets about the origin of life, Japan, as a region with a fairly good environment, will have indigenous people, that is, aboriginal people. In this case, there is no doubt that the descendants of the aboriginal people will not be the descendants of Xu Fu.

But having said that, under the assumption that Xu Fu went to Japan, some of Xu Fu’s descendants are likely to be today’s Japanese.

How high is Xu Fu’s status in Japan

If the legend is true and Xu Fu went to Japan, then Xu Fu’s life in Japan should be very good. Even if it is not as exaggerated as what people say today that "all Japanese are descendants of Xu Fu", Xu Fu's status must be important to Japan, which was not developed at the time.

Xu Fu Statue

First of all, Xu Fu has a very strong ability to live. The most favored disciple of the legendary political strategist Gui Guzi, he was placed in high regard by the First Emperor after he came down from the mountain. No matter how unremarkable the results were, the First Emperor still trusted him as always. If you had no ability, how could you be so successful? He can personally teach the people he leads how to farm, how to fish, and how to live.

Speaking of the children he brought, they were hundreds, not a small number. And they are children, so they are very obedient. The children who have been carefully selected will obey orders as long as Xu Fu gives them. Therefore, not to mention the local indigenous people, these children alone will accept various tasks, making Xu Fu's life very enjoyable.

Then there is the problem of the indigenous people. As a place, Japan should have indigenous people. So, in view of the desperate efforts of the "envoys to the Tang Dynasty" during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, one can imagine how primitive the Japanese people were a hundred years ago. Therefore, Xu Fu, who brought advanced production tools, will be the object of worship among the aborigines. He will subtly change people's lives of living like hair and drinking blood.

In this way, it is very likely that Xu Fu will be called "king". Because after all, "Emperor" was Ying Zheng's invention. It was not considered acceptance at the beginning, but it was also a sign of respect.

Where is Xu Fu from?

There are not many records of Xu Fu’s family in ancient orthodox documents. If future generations want to understand the origin and specific evolution of Xu Fu’s family, they will rely on the works of the Han Dynasty. Genealogical records and genealogical information on warlocks who appeared in the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to scholars' research, the Xu family tree that records the history of Xu Fu's family includes the Nanzhou Xu genealogy from the Three Kingdoms.

Pictures of Xu Fu's Journey to the East

This book of Xu Fu writes that in Nanzhou, which is now Nanchang, there was a famous scholar named Xu Zhi, whose ancestral home was Donghai. His ancestor Xu Gai lived in seclusion. In Nanzhou, he never became an official, farmed, studied and passed down his family. He was indifferent to fame and fortune and made a living by himself.

The book also writes that Xu Zhongsheng had two sons. The eldest son was named Xu Chang, and the younger son was named Xu Yan. Xu Yan was also named Xu Shang.

Xu Changsheng’s son was named Xu Meng. Xu Mengsheng’s sons were Xu Zhen and Xu Fu, also called Xu Shi. Xu Fu led his ancestors into the ancestral continent of the East China Sea, which is now Japan. Xu Shang knew that Xu Fu would rebel no longer. When he came back, he asked his great-grandson to live in seclusion in Hongdu (Nanzhou, Nanchang). Xu Gai had no time to hide, so he asked his son to insist on living in seclusion in Nanzhou. From then on, he moved to Nanzhou and passed it down to Xu Zhi for eight generations. There are also records in the Xu family genealogy written by other authors that Xu Fu, also known as Xu Shi or Xi, was named Xu Yi and given the courtesy name Junfang. His father was named Xu Meng, and his grandfather was named Xu Chang. His grandfather was named Xu Chang. Great-grandfather Zhong. Fu led Zhen, 3,000 men and women each, into Zuzhou in the East China Sea. Xu Yan learned that Xu Fu was going to rebel and would not come back after entering the East China Sea. In order to avoid the disaster of Qin Shihuang's family being destroyed, he ordered his grandson Gai to hide in Nanchang, the Hongdu capital, and he has lived in Nanzhou ever since.

Later generations of scholars referred to these documents, and after careful research and verification, they found that the following points are roughly the same. The first Xu family was granted the title of Xu family during the Xia Dynasty, and most of the descendants of the Xu family were scattered in Donghai County and In surrounding places, Xu Fu's father Xu Meng, grandfather Xu Chang, and great-grandfather Xu Zhong, because Xu Fu took thousands of people to Japan and did not return, the Xu family was worried that Qin Shihuang's conviction would lead to the destruction of the family, so they hurriedly let their descendants His descendants all moved to Nanchang and lived in seclusion in Nanchang for a long time. After such data research, it can be determined that Xu Fu was from Langya County in the East China Sea and Ganyu County in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province.