Míng zhì
Meiji (Japanese reign name 1868-1912)
Dà bǎn
old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"
Míng zhì wéi xīn
the Japanese Meiji restoration of 1868
Měi jí
US citizenship
having American nationality
Yī téng Bó wén
ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
fù guó qiáng bīng
lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
Huáng Zūn xiàn
Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
fèi fān zhì xiàn
to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)
Rì běn guó zhì
A record of Japan by Huan Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
tuō Yà rù Ōu
to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe
refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
Míng zhì Wéi xīn
the Japanese Meiji Restoration of 1868
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