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SinificationKorea, Japan,
Vietnam
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KoreaThe most Sinified
• Cultural hegemony– Confucianism– Law codes– Bureaucratic administration– Literature– Art– Mahayana Buddhism
• Up through the 20th century had to accept– Chinese political dominance– Pay tribute
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Celadon Pottery • Borrowed– Iron technology– Paper production– Printing– Lacquer work– Porcelain– Wheat and rice
agriculture– Ideographs of
written language
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Japan
• Shinto—– Respect for nature– Ancestor worship– Kami = divine spirits
that dwelled in nature
Chinese influence
•7th-9th centuries borrowing from China peaked
•Syncretism of Shinto with Buddhism
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Yamato Period300-710
Promoted adoption of Chinese culture:•Confucianism
•Language—kanji characters
•Buddhist sects
•Chinese art and architecture
•Government structure
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Heian Period794-1185
• Growth of large estates• Little social mobility• Art and literature flourished• Court culture = Etiquette
– Lived in complex of palaces and gardens– Basis of life=aesthetic enjoyment– Avoidance of common elements
• Poetry valued art form• The Tale of the Genjii —first novel• Moving away from Chinese in the arts, religion, and
government
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Heian PeriodCultural Borrowing
• Chinese writing• Chinese artistic styles• Buddhism—Zen• NOT the Civil Service
Exam
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Heian Court Dress
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Prayers, Thoughts, Wishesat Shinto Shrine
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Vietnam• Chinese control 2nd century BCE – 10th
century CE• Love/Hate relationship• Chinese brought – ideograph script,
Confucian principles and literary classics, and Buddhism [Mahayana not Theravada]
• Confucian bureaucracy established – dominated by aristocracy
• Chinese agricultural technology –– Dams, human fertilizer, market gardening, and
pig farming
• Military organization followed• Chinese influence counterbalanced Indian
influences and separates them from other Southeast Asian peoples
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• Women had more freedom
– Trung sisters rebellion in 39 CE
– Evicted Chinese and ruled for two years when revolt crushed
– Committed suicide
• After independence became a Confucian state with examination system