英文摘要
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The effect of the Ming-Qing Cataclysm was not only confined to the Chinese mainland, as its aftermath was also felt in Japan. Previous studies of the "Request for Military Assistance from Japan" have focused on clarifying historical source materials related to this event. However, the failure of the loyalists' plan made them quite depressed, and the demise of the Ming dynasty could in fact be traced back to the anti-Yamato wars during the Jiajing 嘉靖 and Wanli 萬曆 periods. Several novelists combined these two issues in novels such as the Shuihu houzhuan 水滸 後傳, the Nüxian waishi 女仙外史 and the Shuo Tang yanyi quanzhuan 說唐演義全傳. Contradicting historical fact, the authors portrayed the individuals asking for aid as villains, and moreover deprecated the Japanese as brutal marauders. This narrative approach not only echoed the memories that the people of time had of the Japanese invasion of South China and the Korean Peninsula, it further combined the barbarians of the north (beilu 北虜) with the Yamato of the south (nanwo 南倭). In the end, the Chinese army used snow and swords to defeat the invaders and maintain the Huayi 華夷 order.
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