Satsuma’s Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom and Changes in the Geopolitical Structure of East Asia
Satsuma’s Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom and Changes in the Geopolitical Structure of East Asia
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萨摩藩入侵琉球与东亚地缘政治格局的变化
DOI：
10.1080/02529203.2013.849088
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发表时间：
2013-11
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
袁家冬
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作者：
袁家冬
16世纪末17世纪初，东亚地缘政治格局发生了重大变化。明朝由于内忧外患和财政拮据而国力衰落，而日本自丰臣秀吉统一国家以来一直在稳步上升。以明朝为中心、以朝贡体系为基础的传统东亚国际秩序面临日本的挑战。在此背景下，日本萨摩藩对琉球王国的入侵，对现存的区域地缘政治格局产生了重大影响。随着琉球王国“双重从属”地位的确立，一个新的地缘政治格局逐渐形成，中日两个大国争夺主导权。明朝对海洋问题和琉球地缘战略重要性的认识不足，对萨摩入侵的消极态度，特别是对琉球王国“双重从属”的容忍，助长了日本进一步扩张的野心，并鼓励其最终以武力吞并琉球王国。可以说，萨摩藩对琉球王国的军事征服，预示着明朝的衰落和日本的崛起。
The late 16th and early 17th centuries witnessed a significant change in the geopolitical structure of East Asia. The power of the Ming dynasty was declining due to internal and external troubles and depleted finances, whereas Japan had been rising steadily since Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the country. The traditional East Asian international order, centered on the Ming dynasty and based on the tributary system, faced a challenge from Japan. Against this background, the invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom by the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma had a great effect on the existing regional geopolitical structure. With the establishment of the “dual subordination” of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a new geopolitical structure gradually took shape in which the two great powers, China and Japan, competed for dominance. The Ming dynasty’s limited awareness of maritime issues and of the geostrategic importance of the Ryukyu Islands, its passive attitude towards Satsuma’s invasion, and especially, its tolerance of the Ryukyu Kingdom’s “dual subordination” fed Japan’s ambitions for further expansion and encouraged its ultimate annexation of the kingdom by force. It can be said that the military conquest of the Ryukyu Kingdom by Satsuma foreshadowed the decline of the Ming and the rise of Japan.
DOI：
10.2307/1867157
发表时间：
1984-12
期刊：
The History Teacher
影响因子：
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作者：
C. Totman;Ronald P. Toby
通讯作者：
C. Totman;Ronald P. Toby
影响因子：
3.2
作者：
P. Waley
通讯作者：
P. Waley