On this day 173 years ago, on November 3, 1852 (September 22, 1852 lunar calendar), Emperor Meiji of Japan was born. Emperor Meiji of Japan dressed up like Emperor Meiji (November 3, 1852 - July 30, 1912), and was renamed Muren after his young name Yougong. He was established as the crown prince in 1860. He ascended the throne in February 1867 and was the 122nd emperor since the so-called "Shenwu Zhaoku". In April 1868, he led the civil and military officials to take an oath to the gods, issued the "Five Oaths" of the general policy of restoration, held an accession ceremony in October, and discussed the sentence "The sage listens to the world in the south and governs the world to the light" in the Book of Changes and the Dialogy. Jianyuan Meiji. After returning the edition in 1869 and abolishing the prefecture in 1871, he became the nominal supreme ruler. After 1878, he began to be pro-government and came forward to suppress the free and civil rights movement. In 1882, the "Soldiers' Edict" was issued, emphasizing the idea of building an army loyal to the emperor. Hirofumi Ito was dispatched to Europe to investigate the constitution-making and implement the constitutional principles of the emperor's sovereignty and the constitution. In 1889, he issued the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan" and became a modern constitutional monarch with overall power. In 1890, he promulgated the "Education Edict" to promote the education policy of feudal militarism. In 1893, he issued a shipbuilding edict and took the lead in expanding the army and preparing for war. From 1894 to 1895, he personally commanded the Sino-Japanese War. From 1904 to 1905, he issued an edict declaring war, provoking the Russo-Japanese War. He died on July 30, 1912 due to ineffective medical treatment.