During the period of Japan's closing to the outside world, Japan, which also resisted Catholic oppression, forged a deep cooperative relationship with the Netherlands.

The shogunate made a deep consideration from the commercial point of view. From the long-term contacts with the Dutch, Japan can see that the Netherlands is a mercantilist country. Even the Dutch who believe in Protestantism are not keen on teaching. They only care about business, unlike Portugal and Spain, which the Japanese contacted before, and they are always absent-minded. In fact, they are all trying to spread Catholicism.

Japan continues to understand the western world outside Japan through the Netherlands. In addition to Sinology, which is often studied in Japan, a "Lan Xue" was added to study modern western culture. "Lan Xue" is the general name of Dutch language and Dutch culture, science and technology, politics and other knowledge.

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After 164 1 year, Japan was only allowed to trade with the Netherlands and China in Nagasaki. Until Matthew Calbraith perry 1854, for about two centuries, Japanese knowledge of western culture was limited to the documents brought by Dutch businessmen.

After the Matthew Calbraith perry incident, the Japanese suddenly found that the Netherlands was not so powerful in the western world, so they gradually began to learn from the United States, learn American English and translate American literature.

Now there is also a Dutch cafe in the "Dutch Village" in Nagasaki, which is said to commemorate two Dutch missionaries who came to Nagasaki before, who first brought European civilization to Nagasaki.

Because the Netherlands has a small territory and almost no domestic market, it can only take the road of mercantilism. The Netherlands is adjacent to Germany and France, two European land powers, and it is impossible to expand its territory. It can only take the road of attaching importance to national quality and developing natural science and humanities.

The situation in Japan is similar to that in the Netherlands. Japan's future development path choice is influenced by the development direction of the Netherlands, such as Japan's economic take-off after World War II.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Japanese History