Xiang Dehong's early experience is unknown. Judging from his familiarity with Chinese, he should have been educated in Chinese studies. One of the fifteen people who followed Dehong's official position (Guan, equivalent to China's six ministers) was also called "Purple Towel Guan" because of his rank from second-class purple Guan (this title was mainly used when he was in China later). 1868, Shang Tai ordered the whole country to pray for Samoans in the "Yuan Empire" (the motherland), and then ordered Dehong to issue a blessing card to Samoans.
1in July, 875, Japanese Meiji government sent interior minister Matsuda Lu to Ryukyu, which forced Ryukyu to sever the suzerain-vassal relationship with the Qing Dynasty, and was resolutely opposed by Ryukyu. After two months of negotiations, there was no result, so the Dow returned to Japan and followed the Dow to Dehong, Mao, Guan Sansi (sincere pro-Party security), Ma (with the original pro-Party), Xiang Weixin (supported by Wu Qinyun), Xiang Jiaxun (supported by the inner pro-Cloud) and Weng Fengyuan (supported by pro-mooring pro-Cloud). 1August 876, returned to Dehong, and only Mao, Xiang Weixin and Weng Fengyuan stayed in Japan. 1876 12 10, he sent a secret mission to China in the name of going to Ipingwu Island to pray, telling the story that the Japanese prevented Ryukyu from paying tribute to China. The company has 19 people, including Cai Dading, Chen Qing, Lin Shigong, the son of a famous city, the author's attitude towards literature and the imitation of the author's martial arts. A group of people set out from the bottom of the lake cut by Mingjiu in Beishan (the bottom of the lake in Xutian area of Minghuo City) and were hit by a typhoon on Yijiang Island, almost hitting the rocks and sinking. After crossing the Eight Heavy Mountains, Xiang Dehong and his party arrived in Fuzhou on April 1877, and handed a secret letter from King Tai of Shang to He Jing, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who wanted to petition in Beijing. On June 24th of the same year, He Jingfu played in the Qing court, and the Qing court knew what had happened in Ryukyu. However, the Qing court refused to take active measures, and instead ordered Dehong and others to return to China. Xiang Dehong and others did not return to China, but actively carried out the Ryukyu national salvation movement centered on Ryukyu Pavilion in Fuzhou.
Aware of the activities of Xiang Dehong and others, Japan was furious and decided to annex Ryukyu in order to avoid future troubles. 1879 In March, Japan flagrantly implemented the so-called "Ryukyu Punishment" and Ryukyu perished. Xiang Dehong and others learned the bad news of national subjugation from Ryukyu refugees on April 25th, 1879. He first sent Cai Dading to visit Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang in Qing Dynasty, and then returned to Fuzhou. On June 6th, Xiang Dehong and others received a secret letter from Shang Dian, the prince of Ryukyu imprisoned in Tokyo, asking them to go north to ask the Qing court for help, so he shaved his hair, changed his clothes and went north to Tianjin. 1On July 3, 879, he handed his first manuscript to Li Hongzhang, claiming that he "would rather be a Japanese national than a Japanese ghost" and requested "quick gift". When Xiang Dehong learned of Shangtai's exile in Tokyo from the newspaper handed over to him by the American Consul in Tianjin, he appealed for the second time on July 23rd, demanding that China "be the pioneer of liquidation crimes" ... so that Japan could not be fierce and stubborn, and knew all about Japanese maps, scripts and characters, and would like to work for the former army to vent its deep hatred. Although Li Hongzhang opposed Japan's annexation of Ryukyu, he did not advocate singling out the blame. He thought it was "unnecessary and unnecessary" to send troops to Ryukyu, but he also felt "pitiful" in the face of Dehong's "cry for help", so he had to take Dehong to Tianjin Xiwang Temple to live and support him. Soon after, A Brief Introduction to Temple Island (a document submitted by the Japanese Foreign Minister in front of Chinese Ambassador to Japan He, arguing that Ryukyu has belonged to Japan since ancient times) was sent to Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang ordered those who were also proficient in Chinese and Japanese characters to refute Dehong one by one. The abridged version of Xiang Dehong was presented to Li Hongzhang in August 1 1, which became an important basis for China to strive for Ryukyu. Xiang Dehong also assumed the pseudonym "Ikebukuro Yuji" and got in touch with Ma in Tokyo and Xiang Juqian in Okinawa (a relative of Pu Tian) to collect information. When Li Hongzhang learned that Xiang Dehong's activities had been mastered by Japan in the negotiations with Japanese diplomat Takeshi Ichiro, he immediately ordered Tianjin Customs to strengthen the protection measures for Xiang Dehong. 1On September 29th, 879, Ryukyu people Cai Dading and Lin Shigong who came to China with Dehong, and tribute ambassador Mao Jingchang who was stranded in Fuzhou went north to Beijing. On the way, they met Xiang Dehong in Tianjin on June+10/2, 65438, and learned about the Ryukyu three-point plan from Xiang Dehong. The so-called Ryukyu three-point plan refers to the plan conceived by former US President Grant when he visited China and Japan in the summer and autumn of 1879, but it does not represent the opinion of the US government. In this plan, the North Island (Amami Islands) of Ryukyu is allocated to Japan, the Middle Island (Okinawa Islands) is allocated to Ryukyu Renaissance, and the South Island (Sendao Islands) is allocated to China. The Ryukyu three-point plan was put forward by Li Hongzhang to Takeyukiro in February 1879. However, since the North Island was owned by Japan more than 200 years ago, it is impossible for Japan to agree to this plan. Then, on the basis of this plan, Japan put forward a new plan, that is, the South Island belongs to China, the Middle Island and the North Island belong to Japan, in exchange for China to amend the Sino-Japanese Reconciliation Regulations and give Japan one-sided MFN treatment. This is the Ryukyu Dichotomy Plan or "Island Division and Contract Change Case". The Qing government intended to accept this plan and tried to return Ryukyu to South Island. As a result, the yamen prime minister of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese ambassador to China, Hatoyama, held eight negotiations on the case of "island division and contract modification" from August 65438 to August 65438+10. During the negotiations, the Qing dynasty requested the extradition of Shang Tai, which was rejected by Japan. The Japanese side also called Shi Xiang a branch of the Ryukyu royal family, suggesting that the Qing court made Dehong the new Ryukyu king after the recovery of the South Island.
Both the Prime Minister Yamen and Li Hongzhang wanted to accept Japan's request, so Li Hongzhang sent Zheng Zaoru, a Tianjin customs official, to inquire about Dehong's intentions. However, Xiang Dehong refused to be the king, pointing out that the land in the South Island is barren, and it is absolutely impossible to establish a country, and it is "no crying on the ground". Li Hongzhang was moved by the loyalty to Dehong and turned against the case of "changing the contract by dividing the island". In the end, due to the appeal of Li Hongzhang and others and Lin Shigong's suicide, the "island division and contract change case" aborted. Xiang Dehong later left Tianjin at the suggestion of Li Hongzhang. He stopped returning to China and chose to live in exile in the Qing Dynasty and stay in Fuzhou.
Since then, Dehong has repeatedly petitioned the Fujian authorities to restore the country from 1883 to 1885. 1885 After the signing of the special terms of the Sino-Japanese Tianjin Conference, he and Cai Dading went north from Fuzhou, demanding that Li Hongzhang protect Ryukyu as he protected North Korea, crusade against violent Japan and restore Ryukyu society. However, the petition above is like a stone. Finally, Xiang Dehong died in Fuzhou.
After Xiang Dehong died, his third son was lucky enough to move to Hawaii with Chao Zhen. Its spirit tablet is still enshrined in a Linji temple in Maui, and the Guangxu year number is still used on it. According to the spirit tablet, Xiang Dehong died in Fuzhou on April 17th, the 17th year of Guangxu (189 1 May 24th,).