HI131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Emperor Jimmu
Document Summary
It is common in the area to have people who are followers of all four religions in the region. People in japan predominantly have roots in korea. Even though they are distinctively different, they have deep connections to one another. When china goes through a war period and there are no specific cultures. In the han dynasty it enforces confucianism which isn"t actually a religion. They see the heavenly world as a giant governments. Confucianism sounds good on paper but once you involve people they exploit their power. We end the history when they make european contact. We have a group coming from mainland asia which becomes the dominant population in japan. They move onto taoist way of things. Not having a western view of things makes it easier to interpret all of the myths in that it is not just won sort of religious aspect that is involved, there are multiple. Connected to the myth of his father.
