Wang Ren

Wang Ren

Wang Ren

The Confucianists of Baiji, who are said to have traveled from Baiji to Japan during the reign of emperor Yingshen, convey Chinese characters and Confucianism. Some scholars also doubt whether he really exists. Wang Ren is the writing method in Japanese book records, and Heyou Jishi is the writing method in ancient records. Wang Ren, a scholar of Baiji in the period of Xiao Guwang, spread Sinology. According to the ancient Japanese historical records, which are all written in Chinese characters, "in the ancient times, there were no words, the old and the young were noble and humble, and they were passed down by word of mouth". In the era of Yingshen Emperor (270-310 years), the baiji state on the Korean Peninsula sent azhiki to Japan to teach and read classics for the teacher of Prince dodaozhilangzi

Wang Ren, doctor of Confucianism《

Analects of Confucius

》Ten volumes and《

The Thousand Character Classic

》One volume is the beginning of Japanese contact with Chinese characters

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Chinese classics and Confucianism

In the Korean Peninsula, there is no corresponding person with Wang Ren. The records about Wang Ren only exist in the three books of the Japanese side, namely, the ancient chronicles, the Japanese chronicles, and the continuation of the Japanese chronicles. The records of the three books are as follows:

Ancient events

According to Gu Shi Ji, Wang Ren was a sage who paid tribute to Japan by Baiji.

Article: "if there is a sage in Baiji state who pays tribute to the emperor, he is ordered to pay tribute to the emperor by the name of the emperor and his teacher, that is, the ten volumes of the Analects of Confucius, the one volume of the thousand character text and the eleven volumes of the book

The emperor ordered the state of Baiji: "if there is a wise man in Baiji, he should pay tribute immediately." And the sage (Baiji) who paid tribute was called "he you ji shi". Ten volumes of the Analects of Confucius and one volume of a thousand words are also attached.

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According to the Japanese book records, Wang Ren was recommended by the scholar a Zhiqi and was imported from Japan at the invitation of the God Emperor.

According to Gu Shi Ji, Wang Renxian's the Analects of Confucius, Qian Zi Wen and Japan, Confucianism and Chinese characters are also believed to spread to Japan. (Note: Japanese Shuji does not claim that Wang Ren brought in the Analects of Confucius and the thousand character essay, which is supplemented according to the ancient records. Because the current thousand character text has not yet been established, it was deleted.) However, the manuscript of the thousand character essay has not yet been finalized in Wang Ren's future. Wang Rensuo's thousand character essay was written by Wei scholars in the third century, but now it has been replaced by the author in the sixth century. Or, it's just a general book of Chinese characters, but it's falsely spread to be a thousand character text.) Therefore, there are doubts about whether Wang Ren actually exists. There is a saying that the deeds of many naturalization scholars at that time were attributed to the same person when Japanese Shuji and ancient records were compiled (some people say that the prototype of Wang Ren was Wang chen'er or Wang Yuzhi of Baiji Han Dynasty).

Continuation of Japan

According to the continuation of the Japanese chronicle, the youngest brother of Wen Jicun, who is on the left side of Dashi and Zheng liushang, wusheng Zhenxiang played emperor Huanwu as a descendant of Wang Ren, indicating that his ancestor Wang Ren was a descendant of Liu Bang (originally from Langya, Shandong). Therefore, Wang Ren was born in Lelang county at the end of Han Dynasty, and then went to Baiji. If this record is true, Wang Ren may be a member of the Wang family of Lelang who died in Baiji when Lelang county was destroyed in 313. His descendants in Japan are Xi Wen, who is in charge of writing and document drafting. He is related to another scholar, Wang chen'er.

Notes on ancient Chinese

According to zhaibu Guangcheng, he was in charge of the cashier with a Zhishi.