Chinese Influence in East Asia:

Chinese government/administration shaped public life in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan (inspiration)
large scale expansion by Tang into Korea and Vietnam
- Silla Dynasty- chinese forces withdrew, Silla king recognized Tang emperor as overlord (tributary relationship)
  - Gifts, performance of kowtow, etc. bought them gifts from China and allowed merchants to trade
- Korean interest in Chinese culture: began to model court after Chinese, scholars studied in China, Confucianism tradition, Buddhism
  - gov. sponsorerd Chinese schools and Confucian examination system
- Vietnam: Tang armies tried to assimilate Viets into Chinese system. Adopted agriculture, irrigation, chinese schools, and administrative techniques, and entered tributary relationship
  - Viets resented Chinese authority
  - Women had more prominent role than in China: business ventures, markets, etc.
Early Japan: not invade by China, but culture still influenced.
- Earliest inhabitants- nomads from NE Asia (ice age land bridges)
- Agricultural society- small States (500 AD)
- Nara Japan (710-794 AD): one state claimed imperial authority (influenced by China) and sought to centralize power in Japan with an imperial house
  - bureacracy, equal-field system, and official support for Confucianism and Buddhism
  - Made capitol of Nara (710 AD)
  - maintained Shinto (indigenous religon) ancestors, and nature spirits/deities
- Heian Japan (794-1185 AD): local rulers on island of Honshu recognized emperor as supreme authority
  - Emperors: ceremonial figure (didn't really rule)
  - Fujiwara Family had power- controlled rule in background
  - longevity of house of emperors b/c no power= not deposed during turmoil
  - literature/official business written in Chinese
  - Decline: (late 1,000's AD) Heian court ended, equal-field system degraded, aristrocratic clans got mo. of land (estates)
- Two clans mo. powerful- Taira and Minamoto engaged in war
  - Minamoto won (1185 AD) - claimed to rule in name of emperor (like Fujiwara family had)
  - Shogun: military governor ruling in place of the emperor
  - capitol at Kamakura
Medieval Japan: the Kamukara (1185-1333 AD) and Muromachi (1336-1573 AD) periods- middle era between chinese influence/court domination and modern age
- Political decentralization: provincial lords had local authority (land and economic affairs)
  - Valued military talent and discipline over prev. ettiquite and courtesy-
- Samurai: professional warriors- had role in politics and military, specialized in force and arts of fighting (riding, archery, hunting, and martial arts)
  - helped lords with enforce authority/territories, lords supported with food and labor service of peasants
- Still ultimately influenced long term by what they'd borrowed from China (Confucian values, Buddhism, system of writing, and centralized imperial rule)

	Created by Elaine Paolo about 5 years ago

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