Why did Qin Shihuang send Xu Fu to sea? Why did you bring 500 boys and girls?

Speaking of Xu Fu, I believe everyone is familiar with him, because there are many interesting stories that happened to him. On the orders of Qin Shihuang, he went to sea to search for the elixir of immortality, and sailed east to Japan, where he became king, lived there and had offspring. They are all so legendary. Today, many Japanese people still admit that they are descendants of Xu Fu.

Now let’s analyze: Why did Qin Shihuang send Xu Fu to sea? Why did you bring 500 boys and girls?

1. Guiguzi’s apprentice was knowledgeable and talented

Xu Fu was a famous alchemist during the Qin Dynasty. He was famous for his erudition. In the final analysis, it was because he had a great teacher. Gui Guzi believes that everyone knows that he was the best "teacher" during the Warring States Period. He taught Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin, Pang Juan and other all-powerful figures.

It is said that Xu Fu was a close disciple of Guiguzi. He studied medicine, astronomy and geography, bigu, qigong, martial arts and spiritual practice from him. He was very famous in the coastal area. He sympathized with the people and often helped others. He came out of the mountain just after Qin Shihuang ascended the throne.

2. Being ordered to go to sea to seek immortality

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he believed that his achievements were as great as those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so he named himself the First Emperor, hoping that the country would be passed on to generations. But as he grew older, Qin Shihuang felt more and more that he was unable to do what he wanted, so he was very eager to live forever.

Later he knew that Xu Fu was very capable, so he sent Xu Fu to sea to find the gods and bring him the elixir of immortality. Before going to sea, Xu Fu asked Qin Shihuang for 500 boys and 500 virgins, and then took the fleet to sea. However, he never came back, and Qin Shihuang didn't know where he went.

When Xu Fu traveled east to obtain the elixir for Qin Shihuang, he could be alone or bring some men with him. Why did he have to bring five hundred pairs of boys and girls with him?

There are three theories:

1. Xu Fu knew that there was no immortality in the world, so he had long wanted to find a paradise and live there.

2. These 500 boys and girls are all Xu Fu’s reserve disciples. Each of them has to learn a skill in life and work.

3. Xu Fu has long been ambitious and wants to Going to a new place to become king requires a population, so I brought these 500 boys and girls with me to expand the population.

But no matter what, there is no doubt that a large part of the Japanese are descendants of Chinese people. Even the former Japanese Prime Minister Haneda admitted that they are descendants of Xu Fu.

According to the writings of Qin Fushou, the seventh descendant of Xu Fu:

At the time of the seventh generation of Emperor Xiaorei of Japan, Xu Fu crossed to the Japanese archipelago and arrived in Chikushi (Kyushu) and Nanshima. (Shikoku), Mount Fuji (Mount Fuji). Xu Fu changed his seven sons to Japanese surnames, the eldest son was named Fukuoka, the second son was named Fukushima, the third son was named Fukuyama, the fourth son was named Fukuda, the fifth son was named Fukuhata, the sixth son was named Fukuhai, and the seventh son was named Fukuzumi, and then he sent them to 7 place. From then on, Xu Fu's descendants spread all over Japan and gradually multiplied. Xu Fu called himself Xu Fu of Qin.

The descendants of the Qin surname or the surnames and place names with the characters such as Fu, Haneda, Botian, Hata, Hata, and Hatake are all related to the descendants of Xu Fu or the descendants of the Qin people who traveled east with Xu Fu.

Summary: The 500 boys and girls brought by Xu Fu taught the people here rice farming, medical knowledge, metal smelting, and textile technology, which helped Japan get rid of the original era of gathering, fishing and hunting, and entered a farming civilization. era. They learned to smelt iron, got rid of the clumsy and inefficient Stone Age, and promoted the development of agriculture; the introduction of Chinese characters was of reference for the emergence of Japan's own national writing; the introduction of Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory and Confucianism had a great influence on the Japanese people Played an educational role. These are of epoch-making significance for the development of Japanese society. To this day, the Japanese people still regard Xu Fu as the "God of Farming", "The God of Medicine" and "The God of Textile".