1. The reason for its rise: the "Sakurada Gate Incident" that assassinated Naoki (1860).
2. Rise: the school of respecting kings and the school of "respecting kings and rejecting foreign countries"
1860, after the assassination of Zhi Zhi, Jingyi, a movement of "respecting the king and resisting foreign countries" was launched, in which middle and lower class soldiers were the main body and landlords, rich peasants, businessmen and handicraft workshop owners participated. The thought of respecting the king and resisting foreign countries originated from China and Zhu's theory of "resisting foreigners and respecting the room", and it became popular in the writings of Japanese people of insight in the19th century, aiming at strengthening the Tokugawa era. After the signing of the Anzheng Treaty, the thought of respecting the king and resisting foreign countries became the guiding ideology for the lower samurai to resist the shogunate. They United with the landlords of handicraft workshops, businessmen and emerging landlords, and formed a powerful school of respecting the king and resisting foreign countries. The respected scholars created many incidents against foreigners, attacked the shogunate leaders by terrorist means, and tried to exert political pressure on the shogunate through these actions.
Essence: the school of respecting foreign countries respects the king's "resisting foreign countries", and "resisting foreign countries" is the central slogan and activity.
3. Participate in the course:
Leader: Lower-middle class samurai
Supporters: dissatisfied with the name of the Tokugawa era.
Respondents: rich peasants, craftsmen and businessmen.
4. Main activities:
(1) colluded with western forces to assassinate the shogunate;
(2) Create many incidents against foreign invaders:
(1) Attacking Western businessmen and diplomats in Japan;
(2) attacking the ships of western powers anchored in Japanese ports;
(3) Organize "cavalry" to directly fight against foreign invasion.
5, the end:
(1) Reason: Takayama Shinji organized a "Raiders" to fight against foreign invasion, and the shogunate severely suppressed the worshippers.
(2) Symbol: 1863 "Kyoto coup", the following year, the anti-foreign movement of Zunwang failed.