JAPAN 50 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Nihon Shoki, Fudoki, Taoism
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Textbook: chapter 2 the early state: chinese and korean influences. China a model of: governance, writing, valid principles/concepts/patterns of doing things + organizing people. Buddhism -> south asia -> flourished in china (han -> tang) -> korea + japan. Political, literary cultural, and religious intertwined in this period. China then was oldest and most successful state in east asia. Han dynasty had colonies (like lelang) in north korea: had trade w mainland china. Confucian analects: core texts with basic values. Ideas like yin/yang (passivity and activity), science, culture, politics. Gautama (his clan) siddhartha (given name) = founder = aka sakyamuni = buddha (after enlightenment) Teachings = 4 noble truths = life is suffering, attachments produced by desire, desire must be stopped, right views/intention/speech/action/concentration/etc. Addressed human suffering and provided doctrine, heaven/hell, deities. Characters could represent non-chinese words with similar meanings. Characters could be used for their sounds to spell out non-chinese words. Buddhism mixed with state affairs during this period.
