The Study Of Archives About The Relationship Between China And Ryukyu On Qing Dynasty

China and the Ryukyu Islands, separated by a strip of water, and therelationship between the two countries can date back to the ancient times. During the pasttime, especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the two Countries contactedfrequently in terms of the politics, economics, and cultures.In the process of friendlyexchanges, a large number of official documents were produced, which are authenticrecords of communication between China and Ryukyu Islands, as well as valuableinformation of studying the relationship between them. According to some records, thecontact between the two contries began in the year of Ming Hongwu 5 and ended in QingGuangxu 5 and the friendly contacts between them lasted more than 500 years. However, due to long time natural erosion and wars, most of the precious cultural heritagesproduced by the two governments have disappeared. So far only a few of them werepreserved and were collected in China and Japan respectively. This thesis therefore focouson the distribution and collections of files about the relationship of China and Ryukyu onQing Dynasty, as well as the historical value of the concerned archives.In the past, thearchive and history were separated when studying about about Qing Archives. The formerlays more emphasis on the structures, terms, the Rise System and the Object System, whereas the latter attaches more importance to exploring the value of its historicalmaterials. This thesis functions as a combionation of archive and history to enrich the twosubjects. The relationship between China and the Ryukyu Islands is an importantcomponent of china's diplomatism. An all-around and systemic study about ancientarchives about China and the Ryukyu Islands, on one hand it can re-act prosperioushistorical exchanges in aspects of politics, economics and cultures, filling up the gap inthe concerning aspects; on the other hand it contributes to grasp the foreign policies of thechinese government but also the influence on neighboring coutries from chinesecivilization, which can be used for reference in strenghtening traditional friendshipbetween china and the other countries especially the relaionship between china andjapan.