What did Japan do when it sent Tang envoys to China during the Zhenguan period?

During the Tang Dynasty, the friendly exchanges and cultural exchanges between China and Japan reached a period of unprecedented prosperity. At this time, Japanese society was in the stage of the collapse of slavery and the establishment and consolidation of feudalism, and greatly appreciated the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so a large number of envoys, students, and scholars were sent to the Tang Dynasty.

In 631 (the fifth year of Zhenguan), Japan sent the first "envoy to the Tang Dynasty" composed of foreign students and scholars. By the end of 838 (the third year of Kaicheng), Japan sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty a total of thirteen times, and sent to the Tang Dynasty to "welcome the Tang envoys" and "send off the Tang envoys" a total of three times. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent no more than 200 envoys to the Tang Dynasty, but from the beginning of the 8th century, the number increased greatly, such as the three envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty in 717, 733 and 838, all of which had more than 550 people.

The Japanese silver coins found in Xi'an in 1970 were probably brought by the Tang envoys. Some of the precious cultural relics such as Tang Dynasty musical instruments, screens, bronze mirrors, and broadswords stored in the Shosoin Temple in Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, were brought back by Tang envoys. In order to absorb the cultural achievements of China, Japan sent many students to study in Tang Dynasty, and they were assigned to Chang'an Guozijian to learn various specialized knowledge.

For example, Abe Zhongmalu (Han name Chao Heng), who has lived in China for a long time and is good at poetry. In the Tang Dynasty, he successively served as Guanglu doctor, secretary and supervisor. He has a deep friendship with famous poets such as Li Bai and Wang Wei, and often composes poems to reward each other.

After returning to China, Japanese students played a very important role in the spread of Chinese culture.

At that time, it was called the Tang Envoy.

送唐使 [pinyin]: qiǎn táng shǐ

Explanation]:1Envoys sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty in our country.

Between 630 and 895 AD, envoys were sent to the Tang Dynasty fourteen times (thirteen times). The number of members of the mission includes ambassadors, deputy envoys, international students, overseas monks and staff, and the number of people at a time is often in the hundreds.

During the period from the beginning of the seventh century to the end of the ninth century for about 264 years, Japan sent more than a dozen missions to the Tang Dynasty in order to learn Chinese culture. The number of times, the scale of the event, the length of time, and the richness of the content can be described as an unprecedented event in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. The envoys sent to Tang have made great contributions to promoting the development of Japanese society and promoting friendly exchanges between China and Japan.

In 630 AD, Emperor Shumei finally sent the first envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and in the more than 260 years from 630 to 895, the Japanese imperial court in the Nara and Heian periods appointed a total of 19 envoys to the Tang Dynasty.

1. The system of sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty promoted the reform of Japan's political system.

By sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty and introducing and learning from the advanced rules and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, he actively promoted the reform of the Japanese social system. After the reform of the feudal society, Japan transitioned from a slave society to a feudal society, and the social system underwent a thorough change.

2. Japan's culture and technology were greatly influenced by the civilization of the Tang Dynasty.

Absorbing and learning from the civilization of the Tang Dynasty was the most important purpose of the envoys sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty. Most of the cultural relics brought back by the Japanese envoys were Tang Dynasty cultural relics, including legal codes, classics and historical books, Buddhist books, poems and songs, as well as Tang Dynasty items such as tea sets.

The Tang student monks also borrowed kanji or cursive characters to create Japanese kana scripts. The Tang envoys also imported calligraphy, painting, sculpture, dance, and other arts from the Tang Dynasty, which were digested and transformed into the Japanese national culture.

3. The social way of life in Japan was also influenced by the Tang Dynasty.

Architecturally, Japan modeled temples and cities on the example of the Tang Dynasty, most notably Heijo-kyo in present-day Nara and Heian-kyo in Kyoto, which are exactly the same scale as Chang'an Castle. In terms of social customs and social customs, the entire aristocratic society was permeated with an atmosphere of pride in the Tang Dynasty, and the social habits of the people were also affected to varying degrees.

Chinese History: What was the Impact of the Tang Envoys on Japan? The introduction of this paragraph is very good.