明清时期,琉球指现在的日本冲绳县,那时尚未纳入日本版图。明初,琉球始与中国建交,当时汉语和部分汉语书面语材料在该国已有所传播。此后,琉球对汉语汉文化的需求愈加迫切,曾先后至少16次派人到中国留学,并在国内兴办教育,推广汉语汉字,以改变文化的落后面貌。清朝时,琉球一如既往,重视汉语汉字的学习,除继续大力兴办各类 During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ryukyu refers to the present Okinawa Prefecture in Japan and was not yet included in the Japanese territory. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu began to establish diplomatic relations with China. At that time, some Chinese and some Chinese written language materials had been disseminated in the country. Since then, the demand for Chinese culture in Ryukyu has become more and more urgent. At least 16 times, Ryukyu sent people to study in China and set up education in China to promote Chinese characters in order to change the backwardness of culture. During the Qing dynasty, Ryukyu, as always, attached importance to the study of Chinese characters, in addition to continue to vigorously set up various types