Zhu Shun Shui was born in 1600, during the last years of the Ming period inYúyáo, Zhejiang Province. The ascendancy of the Manchurians in the northeast marksthe beginning of a period of continual friction with the Ming imperial armies, as theManchurians soon invaded the northeastern territories under China’s control and beganthe gradual expulsion of the Ming forces to the south. The Manchurians later establishedthe Qing dynasty and, in 1644, crossed the Shānhăi Border and entered Peking. Afterconsolidating northern China, they continued their push into southern China with theintention of seizing control of the entire country. During this period of political turmoil,the Ming Dynasty descendants were unable to accept Manchurian control, andestablished their centre of political power in Nanjing, and thus were known as the“Southern Ming”. Zhu Shun Shui cooperated with the Southern Ming political powers intheir plans to restore the Ming Dynasty; however, with the failure of this plot, came toJapan. According to the Nagasaki-shi 長崎志, in 1659, [Zhu] fled the wars at the end ofthe Ming Dynasty, came to Nagasaki and has lived there for seven years. In 1655, MitoKōmon, hearing of his virtuous loyalty, requested the shogunal government to extendpermission for Zhu to move to Mito, where he spent the remainder of his life engaged inlecturing. This essay explores the significance of Nagasaki as a window in Sino-Japaneserelations and exchange as well as the cultural interaction of this period when Zhu cameto Nagasaki.
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