From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Hus Fu and the Japanese
Date: 23 Dec 92 17:09:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.IfCGbnK00iUxA3o=Nb
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


 Mr. SLin writes:

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> 
>It is interesting question about where did the Japanese come from.
>Japanese scholars tend to deny their connection with China and Chinese.
>As well as some other race, people like to claim the vague relationship
>with white people. KAL described in airplane brochure: Though Korea is
>located between China and Japan, Korean people have no relation with
>Chinese and Japanese. ..............
> 
>I have heard many stories about Hsu Fu directly and indirectly from the
>people who stayed in Japan for many years, mainlanders and Taiwanese.
>I just found my collection article that was posted on WJ on Dec. 5, 1991,
>by a mainland scholar, about Hsu Fu and Hsu Fu village in North Jianxu.
> 
>The author was in a trip of official business to Gang-yu County of Jiangxu.
>He was told by the local people there is a Hsu Fu village in the north of
>the county, at the border of Shangdong. Later the author had been in that
>village many times with the local Ling-dao, so he has collected much first
>hand valuable information. The author then started to checked with the
>Chinese historical writings. The "Shi Gee" written by Shi Ma-Chien has 
>pretty much information matched with the story that common people in the
>Hsu Fu village like to talk about. Also there are many historical items
>left over thousand years supporting the story.
> 
>The author published his research about Hsu Fu on "Guang-Ming Daily" on
>April 4, 1984, that was quotated by Ashahi Daily of Japan later. On the
>same research, the author published a book which was printed by Tokyo
>Book Publication Company in August of 1988.
> 
>The author found that Hsu Fu had been in Japan many times and very familiar
>with the the sailing routes and weather before he presented his idea to
>the emperor of Qin. He was a thoughtful man, mainly tried to save Chinese
>people from ruin by the tyrant. What he requested was 3000 young males and
>females to serve god in the east sea. Those people were well trained in 
>life skills and perhaps better educated in order to "serve god", so that
>the god will give life prolong medicine to the emperor. 
> 
>In fact, as I was told by many older people many times, those young people
>were told not to come back once they had landed in the island. They were
>told to oberve sympton of the sky change as well as sun activity, and learn 
>the "bird language (name of foundation Japanese)". Many years later, their
>children were no longer able to speak original language and apprently they 
>also forgot to write Chinese partially or completely.
> 
>The author also reported that though the Japanese tend to deny the fact.
>There are many common Japanese people know the story in Fu-Gang and the
>harbor of Bo-dou where was the port Hsu Fu and his fellows landed. After
>the author's research paper published in Japan, the author reported that
>many Japanese people had come to Hsu-chow to search their roots year by
>year via the culture exchange program. In the April of 1991, there were
>more than 4 thousand of Japanese including some scholars came to Hsu-chow
>to attend the Hsu Fu festival.


I have to conceive that this is a most interesting post of the decade.
one does not have to be 'intelligent' to know that being Japanese is a
Nationality and not a race. And, consequently, being Japanese is a
direct relationship to be Asian. I think that a person definately has a
mental unbalance to assume that
a Japanese is Caucasian. A Japanese might want to be Caucasian but in
all reality s/he is not. In my other life, a faint memory of an
individual who stated that the Ainu people, of my birthland Hokkaido,
was Caucasian. This is not true. Very rarely do I back up my truths with
documented academic research because I feel that 'Commonsense' should
prevail in all cases. This was a mistake on my part because not all
people are of the same environmental experiences therefore not all
people are the 'same'. So, actually, I overestimated the 'environmental
experiences' of this group for the most part.

So, here is the documentation: A professor from Hokkiado University, an
anthoropologist by profession, did research from the measurement from
inside the 
craneas of the Ainu and compared them with data from other caltures. He
found, for reasons that I feel that I understand, that the Ainus crinea
size(he measured from many different angle and places within the
Cranea{skull}) matched
more with the ancient Egyptian than with anything else. But, let's leave
the realm of science and go to the more devine. The more 'higher'. The
commonsense!
It is commonsense that these people are not Caucasians just because
their skin color is lighter. That's because of the weather! And, maybe
inter-racial relationship with the Russians has something to do with
this also.

I havt to research this Hsu Fu. This is great information to me.

Thanks. You made my Christmas.