有明一代,“南倭北虏”是困扰明朝的两大政治问题。“北虏”系元灭明兴之后遁居长城以北的蒙古部落,“南倭”则指的是元末以来频繁侵扰明朝东部沿海的日本武士、浪人以及与之相勾结的中国海盗。自明初迄明末,倭患几与明朝相始终。倭寇活动的范围北起辽东,南至广东,在嘉靖中后期甚至屡屡深入内地劫掠肆虐,极大地破坏了明朝的社会稳定和经济发展。 The Ming and Qing Dynasties, “Nanbom North Prisoners” are the two major political problems plaguing the Ming Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasties retreated to Mongolian tribes north of the Great Wall, while “southern Japanese” refers to the Japanese warriors and ronin who frequently invaded the eastern coast of the Ming Dynasty since the end of the Yuan Dynasty and colluded with them Chinese pirates. Since the early Ming until the end of Ming Dynasty, Japan suffered a few with the Ming Dynasty always. The scope of the pirate activities north of Liaodong, south of Guangdong, in the late Jiajing even repeatedly invaded and ravaged the mainland, has greatly damaged the social stability and economic development of the Ming Dynasty.