The Ryukyu Kingdom Han Historical Research

Ryukyu, the Ming Dynasty appear frequently in Chinese historical books neighbors to the southeast, from the early Ming Dynasty to the Chinese contribution has gradually become the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China the main trade dependent country. Ryukyu since ancient times has been recorded in the Chinese literary historians, and in the Ming Dynasty both individual biographies of history, and notes novels and miscellaneous concentration are recorded on the. The historical records are frequent from another angle between China and Ryukyu since the "Ming" after the close relations between the two countries. The close relationship between the two countries in various fields, not only political form field of suzerain vassal relations, even in the folk culture and technology exchange but also promote the Chinese culture heritage in the Ryukyu. Due to the Ryukyu, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia countries crossroads. Its geographic location advantage is needless to say. Because of this, distributed in Japan and North Korea and Ryukyu is Nanyang countries of goods. Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries in East Asia to Ryukyu trade, the Western powers on the Ryukyu drool with envy. After the Opium War the Western powers in the military defeat China, China open door. The Chinese reduced to a semi colonial country. After the Chinese involved in the capitalist world market will be Japan’s founding in Japan, demand and trade. Ryukyu due to its superior geographical position, "the nations Jinliang" reputation and, on the "two is" political form by the Western powers as clamped between China and Japan to further expand trade in East Asia along the base. Therefore, the middle of the nineteenth Century, Britain, France and the United States and other Western powers have to okinawa. Surveying, and the Ryukyu Islands of commodity trade, in the Ryukyu missionary, build port of refuge, the establishment of trade base and maritime supply port and other activities, in order to realize their hopes and Ryukyu "repaired", and the Ryukyu and the founding of the targets.