In the spring of the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shi Huang (210 BC), Qin Shi Huang went on his fifth tour, and when he arrived in Langya, a man named Xu Fu appeared in front of the first emperor.
His appearance immediately caused a sensation, and everyone speculated about his fate, most of which were bad ones.
Xu Fu is here, there is a good show to watch."
Yes, he deceived the emperor nine years ago, and there will be no good fruit to eat."
Yes, wait for the click to be beheaded."
But the facts shocked them, Xu Fu was not punished, and became a guest of Qin Shi Huang, and people began to talk about it again.
It's strange, Xu Fu's ** is here, and the emperor didn't treat him well. ”
That is, not only did they not kill him, but they also ate and drank well."
Yes, look at this kid is so angry that his tail is up to the sky."
The emperor is not a magnanimous person, why let Xu Fu go, it is too abnormal. ”
There must be ghosts when things go wrong, and there must be ulterior secret......s in them."
In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shi Huang (210 BC), Qin Shi Huang set out from Xianyang and began his last and fifth eastern tour.
He was full of interest, went all the way east, and finally came to Langya to stop his tracks.
The reason is simple, there is a rough sea ahead.
At that time, the navigation technology was backward, and if you went to sea, you would probably be fed fish, although Qin Shi Huang had a violent temper, but he was not a fool.
It was at this time that Qin Shi Huang saw Xu Fu again.
Nine years ago (the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang), Xu Fu and a group of monks told Qin Shi Huang that there was a sacred mountain overseas in the east, and there were not only immortals but also elixirs on the mountain.
Xu Fu, surnamed Xu, is a native of Langya County, Qidi.
Legend has it that Xu Fu is Mr. Guiguzi's gate**, he is proficient in Bigu, qigong, cultivating immortals, and martial arts.
He was also well-versed in medicine, astronomy and navigation.
Qin Shi Huang was afraid of death, wanted to be healthy forever, and wanted to live forever, so he was thrilled after hearing this, so he did not hesitate to allocate a huge amount of money to let these people go to sea to find immortal mountains.
A few years later, this group of Fangshi returned empty-handed, and Qin Shi Huang was furious and killed all those ** in Xianyang.
But Xu Fu was not so stupid, he didn't return to Xianyang at that time.
Therefore, everyone concluded that Qin Shi Huang could not spare Xu Fu, and he would definitely die a miserable death.
The strange thing is that when Xu Fu appeared in front of Qin Shi Huang again, there was nothing wrong.
It turned out that when Qin Shi Huang questioned Xu Fu, he replied like this:
Your Majesty, the minister didn't lie to you, there is indeed an elixir of life in Penglai, and the minister also went, but there were big mackerel guards with bared teeth nearby, and the minister didn't dare to break in. ”
When Qin Shi Huang heard this, he forgave him, and then said: "That's easy, I'll transfer you some warriors with a hundred arrows, won't the problem be solved?" ”
In this regard, there is a clear record in the "Qin Shi Huang Benji":
Qi people Xu City (i.e. Xu Fu) and other books, there are three sacred mountains in the sea of words, the name is Penglai, abbot, Yingzhou, the ...... of immortal dwellingSeek ...... with the boys and girlsThousands of boys and women went into the sea to seek immortals. ”
At first, Qin Shi Huang didn't fully believe Xu Fu's words, but at night, he had a dream, and an immortal in the dream said the same.
So, Qin Shi Huang sent 3,000 warriors and allocated a huge sum of money to Xu Fu, so that he could build a ship and go to sea, defeat Jiaolong, and get the elixir of life.
In order to be afraid of the loneliness of these samurai, 3,000 women were also allowed to accompany them.
But in July of that year, Qin Shi Huang died in the Dune Palace (now Guangzong, Hebei), and until his death, he still called Xu Fu and said, "Where is my elixir?" ”
And Xu Fu has disappeared from people's sight since then, no one knows that he has gone, let alone whether he has gotten the elixir.
The Xu Fu case has become an unsolved case that has not been solved for 2,000 years.
Many people believe that Xu Fudong crossed to Japan.
Not only the Chinese are speculating, but the Japanese are also thinking.
Because Japan stretches from Kyushu in the south to Aomori in the north, it has the imprint of Xu Fu.
Even some people in Japan are convinced that Japan's Emperor Jimmu is actually Xu Fu from the Western Soil.
Even in places like Jeju Island and Busan in South Korea, there are legends about the landing of Seo-bok.
These legends cannot be confirmed, but Xu Fu does exist, and it is also a fact that he seeks immortal medicine.
Sima Qian is a rigorous scholar who takes history very seriously, and does not joke about history like his contemporaries.
The historians spoke highly of Sima Qian, and the historians Ban Gu said that he was "straightforward, his facts, not false beauty, not hidden evil, so he is called a true record".
"Historical Records" is a historical monograph, not a romance, and Sima Qian will not joke about history like Luo Guanzhong. It is impossible to make up a Xu Fu out of thin air, and almost every piece of history he writes is verified.
But precisely because "Historical Records" is a historical monograph, Taishi Gong cannot make a long speech, and he must be a treasure of ink.
Besides, Xu Fu's whereabouts Sima Qian may indeed not have been clarified, which leaves a mystery and gives future generations unlimited space for reverie.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the Legend of Dongyi, and the Wa give such an explanation for Xu Fu's whereabouts: Xu Fu went to Yizhou, lived and multiplied there, and continued to come to Zhejiang to do business.
It is rumored that Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to put thousands of boys and girls into the sea, and begged Penglai immortals to be punishable. There are tens of thousands of them. The people on it sometimes have to be able to inspect the cloth. ”
Where is this place? "Linhai southeast, go to the county two thousand miles", a very distant place.
Is the waterfront**? Now Taiwan.
To the southeast, it is probably the Philippines of the Indonesian generation in Southeast Asia.
But some people think that it was a mistake made by the ancients, and Xu Fu's destination should be the Northeast.
Because as long as Xu Fu passes through Taiwan, he will stay there and will not travel far.
Besides, Xu Fu's departure place was on the coast of Shandong, and he must be heading east, so it was impossible to go to the southeast at the expense of the near and far, and the food they carried was also limited.
Therefore, Yi Chu, a monk of Jeju Kaiyuan Temple in the Later Zhou Dynasty, said in his "Six Posts of Yi Chu": "During the Qin period, Xu Fu will stop at this country (Japan) with 500 boys and 500 virgins." ”
And said, "More than 1,000 miles northeast of this country, there is a mountain named Fuji, also known as Penglai." ”
He also said: "Xu Fuzhi is called Penglai, and his descendants are all called Qin's family." ”
The monk said that this was told to him by a Japanese colleague.
Since then, the result of Xu Fu's arrival in Japan has become a consensus among people.
Since the Song Dynasty, the legend of Xu Fu Dongdu has spread in Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces and coastal areas, and there are many counties along the coast, all of which are called the starting point of Xu Fu Dongdu.
Until the 20th century, Xu Fure continued unabated.
In 1982, the authorities of Ganyu County, Jiangsu Province, claimed that a natural village called "Xu Fu" was Xu Fu's hometown, just like the hometown of Cowherd and Zhuge Liang, and Xu Fu was also contested.
So, what does the Japanese side think of this legend?
The National History of Japan makes this very clear and basically agrees.
It mentions: "In the seventy-second year of Emperor Xiaoling, Xu Fulai, a Qin man. (Or Yun, Xu Fu led 3,000 boys and women, and hired three graves and five dians.) I couldn't ask for medicine, so I stayed and didn't return. Or clouds, stop at Mt. Fuji. Or clouds, Kumano Mountain, there is Xu Fu Temple. )”
said that Xu Fu brought boys and girls to Japan to get the elixir of life, but he did not achieve his goal and did not dare to go back, so he had to stay in Japan and never returned to his homeland.
Although it is said that it is difficult to leave the homeland, the price of going back is too high. According to Qin Shi Huang's temper, if Xu Fu goes back, he will definitely not pass the test like last time, and it is necessary to kill the head and exterminate the clan.
Although he was in distant Japan, Xu Fu was also worried about his own safety, afraid that Qin Shi Huang would send people to chase and kill, and asked the men and women in his companions to change their names and surnames, and change their names to "Futian", "Haneda", "Futai", "Fushan" and other surnames, so that even if Qin Shi Huang sent people, he could not find himself.
There are many scholars who believe that Xu Fu went to Japan, and there is more than one book.
According to the statistics of Japanese historians, from the Nara period (710-794) to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there are 118 kinds of materials describing Xu Fu's eastward crossing.
The more famous works, in addition to "A Brief History of Japan", "The Tale of Genji" and "Murasaki Shikibu Diary" all have descriptions of Xu Fuku's visit to Japan.
In Japanese folklore, there are more legends about Xu Fuku, and there are 200 versions.
Not only that, there are also many relics about Xu Fu, Xu Fu Temple, Xu Fu Tomb, Xu Fu Monument abound, there are more than 300 places.
What's more, there are many people in Japan, such as the Haneda clan, who claim to be descendants of Xu Fu.
The reason is very simple, Haneda and Qin are pronounced similarly in Japanese, and according to legend, when Xu Fu first arrived in Japan, his surname was Qin.
Even on the tombstones of the ancestors of the Haneda family, the traditional character "Qin" was found.
In modern times, there are still many people who say that Xu Fu is Emperor Jimmu based on the myth and legend "Nihon Shoki".
And some people in the Japanese imperial family talk about it, and Emperor Showa's brother Mikasa Palace even told reporters: "Xu Fu is the father of our country." ”
Whether Xu Fu later came to Japan, whether he was the "Emperor of Japan" or the ancestor of Japan, there is no authoritative historical evidence, but because of the age, it cannot be denied.
Therefore, this is a thousand-year-old myriad of myriad questions, and unless the Japanese Imperial Tombs are excavated to verify the burial objects or DNA (in fact, no one dares to propose this), there is still no accurate answer.