When did China begin to attach importance to Japanese education?
China's emphasis on Japanese education began after the Sino-Japanese War 1894. Before that, although a few people of insight repeatedly drew people's attention to the successful experience of Meiji Restoration in Japan and its educational reform achievements, in the eyes of the vast majority of China scholars, Japan was only an island country in Dongyi, and they knew almost nothing about the major changes since Meiji Restoration in Japan except the old knowledge they saw in the story of Dongyi. Japanese Miscellaneous Poems by Huang Zunxian 1879 and the subsequent Japanese History, Diary of Journey to the East by Huang Qingcheng 1893, and Fears of Prosperity by Zheng 1884? Zuo's opinions on Japanese education put forward in earlier 1866 calling for the establishment of Fujian ship administration school have not attracted people's attention. In "Preface to Meiji Revolution in Japan in June 5438 +0898+10", Kang Youwei described in detail the process of China people's attitude change towards Japan before and after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, saying: "When Ming Sheng's Yuji (1875) was destroyed, Qiu Shu was destroyed, I had a discussion with Japan, and I asked for it with a bibliography. And after the defeat of Ma Jiang (1884 after the Mawei naval battle), I told Long officials to start translating Japanese books, but there was no news. While the East is thriving (1894 Sino-Japanese War), the whole country has little knowledge of Japan, if it depends on other stars. "