The similarities and differences between China and Japan s seclusion

The purpose is the same, both are to prevent the infiltration of foreign forces; The means are the same, they all prohibit ordinary people from trading, communicating with foreign countries, and even going to sea to fish; There are many similar effects achieved, such as delaying the invasion of the Western powers to a certain extent; The result was similar, that is, it was canceled under the counter-aggression and deterrence of the great powers.

When the country was closed, the West began, and the United Kingdom beganIndustrial RevolutionBritain, France and the Netherlands in Western Europe are engaged in colonial expansion in the worldAmerican Revolutionary Warand the French Revolution was also completed in that era. Latin America fought wars of independence in the early 19th century.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the implementation of the policy of closing the country to the outside world, many opportunities to learn Western culture and technology were missed, which made China lag behind Western countries in all aspects of military, culture, science and technology, economy, etc., and eventually led to the rise of Western countries after the use of cannons and warships to blast open the Qing Dynasty.

closed the door of the country, and forced the Qing to sign a series of unequal treaties.

Major impacts

Positive impact. To a certain extent, rampant maritime smuggling and piracy have been combated and restricted.

on the coast.

has played a positive role.

It played a certain role in self-defense against the aggressive activities of Western colonialists.

Negative effects. The long-term implementation of this policy has hindered Sino-foreign ties, affected China's absorption of advanced culture and science and technology, isolated China from the rest of the world, and seriously hindered capitalism.

of the budding development. It has derailed China from the world and slowly fallen behind the world.

Culturally, economically, and scientifically, it is impossible to integrate with the world, and it is difficult to develop various advanced technological ideas, and the phenomenon of imperial twilight as a whole is one of the important reasons for the backwardness and beating of modern China.

It also reduces the opportunity for contact with the outside world. hinder the country's economic development and completely lose the initiative in foreign countries. Blocking scientific, technological, and cultural exchanges with foreign countries, and even hindering the development of productive forces and social progress.

causing international conflicts. Influence the development of social science and technology. It restricts the development of foreign affairs and navigation.

Closing the country to the outside world was practiced by Qianlong.

In the thirtieth year of Qianlong (1765), the Qing Dynasty organized the Peiqing force to survey the sources of many rivers on the northeast border, and suppressed the intrusion ambition of Tsarist Russia in the Heilongjiang River valley in northeast China; Moreover, in the Mongolian region and the northwestern Xinjiang region, Russia's aggressive ambitions were suppressed.

In terms of **: In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), China and Russia signed the "Kyakhta Treaty", and since then Kyakhta has become the market of the Sino-Russian border. Later, because Russia harbored Chinese criminals and Russians robbed at the border, Qianlong ordered the closure of the Kyakhta market three times.

The Qing Dynasty imposed ** sanctions on Russia, banning the import of furs and the export of tea inside, which caused Russia to lose at least five million rubles.

After Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty began to implement a comprehensive policy of closing the country to the outside world, at first it was a four-port trade, and later only opened Guangzhou to foreign trade, and the thirteen lines monopolized its entry and exit, and there were many restrictions on the types of export goods.

The dangers of closing the country to the outside world

1. The seclusion of the country unconsciously restricts the development of China's foreign affairs and industry and commerce, and restricts the germination of capitalism in China.

2. The seclusion and locking with the holding of the country deepened the ruler's arrogant idea, and he also proudly thought that our country was rich in products and did not need tribute from other countries. As everyone knows, the industrial revolution has been carried out in the countries abroad, so the rise of China's industrial civilization has slowed down a big step since then.

3. It obstructs the exchange of Chinese and foreign civilizations. So that the modern science and leading skills of the West cannot be transmitted to our country. It has isolated our country from the outside world for a long time, so that our country has always been in a paradise, only knowing men and women weaving, and completely not knowing how powerful the science and technology and civilization of Western countries have been.

4. The Qing Dynasty also tried to strengthen its dominance internally and strengthen national "self-defense" externally through the policy of closing the country to the outside world. It's a depressive defensive approach.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Closing the Country.