“朱成功献日本书”的送达者非桂梧、如昔和尚说

It was not Monk Gui Wu and Ru Xi that delivered the letter Which ZHU Cheng - gong Wrote to Japan

《华夷变态》一书载有郑成功1658年写给日本德川幕府的一封信,该信的送达者书中没有提及但近来有的学者提出送达者为桂梧、如昔两个僧人,这是误解。发生这个误解的原因,在于《华夷变态》原文中把信中应为“敢望僧桂悟如昔重来”一句话误印为“敢望僧桂梧、如昔重来”(因字形相近而将“悟”字误为“梧”字,又误加了一个顿点),而这位学者未加辨别。桂悟是明武宗正德年间日本派往明朝进行勘合贸易的遣明使,全名为了庵桂悟,所谓“敢望僧桂悟如昔重来”,其意乃谓“岂敢企盼着如同僧桂悟那样的遣明使像过去那样再次来到(明朝)”,表达了郑成功迫切希望与日通好的心情。

In the book 《华夷变态》 , there's a letter that Zheng Cheng- gong wrote to Tokugawa Shogunate in 1658. The book does not mention the man who delivered the letter . Recently some scholars thought that it was Gui Wu (桂悟) and Ru Xi (如昔) who were Buddhism monks that delivered the letter . This is a misunderstanding . It is because there is printing mistakes in the book 《华夷变态》 . Gui Wu (桂悟) , who was dispatched to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy of Japan , has a full name 也庵桂悟. His mission was to carry on the validating trade with emperor Wu Zong's administration . The original sentence is “敢望僧桂悟如昔重来”, which means 'I long for the envoys such as monk Gui Wu coming to our country again', it also expresses Zheng Cheng - gong' s desire for exchanges between China and Japan. It was not monk Gui Wu and Ru Xi that delivered the letter.