The Research On The Issue Of Donation Of Sulu In The Context Of East Asia

The Donation of Sulu is a significant historical event in the history of Sino-Philippine relations and even the history of East Asia.In the 18 th century,Sulu returned to the tributary system under the influence of the Western world.After the return,the daily contact between Sulu and the Qing dynasty was greatly disturbed by Spain.Sulu,which was deeply harassed by Spain,was forced to ask for permission to incorporate into the Chinese territory.However,this request was rejected graciously by the Qing dynasty.The normal operation of the tributary system in the 18 th century was seriously affected by the Western world.From the perspective of the tributary period and the tributary procedure,Sulu is under the outer edge of the tributary system.In view of the marginalization status of the tributary system for Sulu,the Qing dynasty chose to abandon Sulu selectively when the order of East Asia was difficult to be maintained.The chain reaction that followed was that after Sulu,many tributary states gradually left the tributary system.The Donation of Sulu revealed the disintegration process of the tributary system of East Asia in the 19 th century.The modernization of East Asia is a process of self-negation in East Asia induced by external stimulus.To begin with,through Sulu,Spain indirectly forced the Qing Dynasty to acknowledge its own problems with the mastery of the tributary system.After that,the United Kingdom sent George Macartney to talk directly to the Qing Dynasty,while Qing Dynasty adopted a self-deception and negative approach to deal with.These two incidents show that the maintenance of internal order in East Asia has began to have a predicament in the 18 th century.An upcoming modernization revolution of East Asia is brewing.