Relations between the neighbours for much of the past two millennia have been marked by brief bursts of mutual admiration interspersed with lashings of trouble, strife and, on occasion, total war.

• 中日两国过去两千年来作为邻国也曾短暂地相互钦羡过，两国间纠纷、冲突从未断绝，间或也爆发全面战争。