The Impact Of Chinese Culture On Developing Civilizations

China and Japan are two unique civilizations that went through similar, yet vastly different changes throughout their histories. Their growth and response to other nations differed in many ways in government, lifestyle, and general well-being. One of the main causes for such difference between the countries is the way the West influenced each region, and the way China and Japan responded to this influence. China focused more on the idea of being a "status oriented" society, while Japan was more "goal oriented" based. In China, anyone had the ability to better themselves and change their status through civil examinations given by the government. Western impact however slowly changed this old age system. Japan's caste system viewed

It seems that China had a lot of influence over Japan. In religion, China was mostly Buddhist and Japan also took Buddhism as their main religion. Also, the Japanese learned to read Chinese and their letters were influenced by Chinese text. During the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Japan set up a bureaucracy, like China. Scholars were sent to learn China’s way of governing. I got to see a sample of Kanji, Japanese writing that was adapted from the Chinese ideographic form.

Ancient China brought forth a myriad of advancements and contributions to society, the impact of which can still be felt to this day. The inventions of paper and gunpowder, two widely used pieces of ancient technology, have been adapted in the modern day to better suit the needs of the contemporary man. On top of this, the aptly named Great Wall of China has helped to advance the fields of architecture and engineering, while also providing for China’s economy through tourism. The wall serves as an active tourist attraction that boasts seventy-thousand visitors per day and around sixty-million per year. Despite the rigourous evolution of technology and

A civilization is the society, culture, and way of life of a group of people. It is a nation in which people advance to reach a level of social development and organization. During the Han (206 BC-220 AD) and Qin (221 BC-207 BC) dynasties, Ancient China became unified. The Chinese developed a strong government and powerful empire with the help of its geography, social hierarchy, and belief system. The geography provided protection and goods necessary for survival and trade. The social hierarchy affected the ways of life of the people by determining their wealth and education. The belief system influenced the choices of people by deciding whether something was appropriate. These three features were essential to the development and growth

China-Japan relationship is geographically separated by the East China Sea. Therefore Japan got strong influence of China in its language, architecture, culture, religion, philosophy, and law. When the State of Western countries like the United Kingdom and the United States forced Japan to open trade in the middle 19th century, Japan did some modernization (Meiji Restoration), since then Japan see China as an ancient society.

China or Korea, the Japanese developed Confucianism in a radical way. As Paramore (2016: 17) argues: "Confucianism was not a pre-packaged formula that arrived in a pre-prepared and already formed Japan. Confucianism in Japan was rather part of the process that formed the early Japanese state itself, and conversely, these processes of state formation also helped to shape the particular early Japanese manifestation of Confucianism." While Confucianism was all-encompassing in Chinese and Korean societies, the Japanese de-axialised Confucianism which gave it its character. Furthermore, because Confucianism was de-axialised, it did not transform the existing social and political structures in Japanese society (Eisenstadt, 1996; Macfarlane, 2007).

Contact between Japan and China goes back to around 200AD, according to the Chinese histories, and the influence of China on Japan is as deep as it is long. Whether you look at language, clothing, government or the region, Chinese influence is readily apparent. At the same time, Japan has always remained different, forced by the fundamental differences between things Japanese and things Chinese to adapt rather than merely adopt Chinese influences.

Between the seventh and eighth century, the Yamato court recognised the need to form a centralised state. Looking at the system of governance in China, the Japanese decided to adopt Confucian political and ethical thought into Japanese society. The main figure who promulgated this was Prince Shōtoku (573-621) who wrote the Seventeen-Article Constitution in 604 framing his vision for a centralised state based on Confucian political and ethical thoughts (Hall, 1970; Collcutt, 1991; Hane, 1991; Eisenstadt, 1997; Mason and Caiger, 1997; Piggott, 1997; Takayama, 1998; Beasley, 1999; Varley 2000; Totman, 2005; Paramore, 2016). Under the guidance of Prince Shōtoku’s vision, the Japanese created the ritsuryō system, which was a political system combining

China has influenced the societies of East Asia for a long time. All of China’s dynasties show signs of strength and weakness that influence Eastern Asia. Considering that East Asia is mainly China it shows that China is a powerful and strong country. China is such a big country in East Asia that it basically dominates all of the other countries of East Asia. China is a big part of East Asia that all of their dynasties show examples of what China has become today.

From 1500 to 1800, China and Japan tried to politically and economically established their countries in very different ways. Japan fought war after war for a century before they changed their ways. China on the other hand slowly established a government and used education as a tool to be politically and economically strong. Japan would later do the same.

Japan first had contact with China because of agriculture and rice farming. The first evidence of Chinese visitors going to Japan was in 400 CE. Around 660 BCE, the Japanese started to borrow ideas from China. During the sixth and eighth centuries CE, Chinese influence became strong and ties between China and Korea became closer. The influence provided the Japanese with writing, Buddhism and culture, and ideas on how a government should run. Prince Shotoku sent envoys to China to learn more about Buddhism. He brought these thinkings like confucianism back to rule the country. Intellects at this time studied the Chinese language and art, and they adapted it to work for them.

Conservative is oftentimes used to describe the structure in which Ancient Chinese society is built upon and what modern Chinese society thrives upon. The “desire to maintain or restore the values and institutions of the past” (Harding, 2008) is conspicuously the prevailing value in Chinese culture. Indeed, according to the “voting results of the... Supreme People's Procuratorate of China” (Song, 2013), only 8% of the population are liberal, about 54% are neither liberal nor conservative and about 38% are conservative (Song, 2013). Thus, they believe in national unity, state sovereignty, more government intervention, traditional values and wisdom, and Confucianism (Pan, 2015). It is not to say that the Chinese culture should be regarded with

China, like many other places, struggled against the Europeans. The country’s population ballooned to over a half of billion people and this left it vulnerable to outsiders and internal revolts. After the Sino-Japanese War, there was a breakdown within China’s dynasty. This breakdown allowed other countries to come in and demand certain areas as their spheres of influence within the country.

Most of Asian countries are heavily influenced by Confucius, who was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician and philosopher of the spring and autumn period of Chinese history. Japan is one of the most influenced country. Confucian original ideals focuses on the family, such as men are the heads of

Japan, Korea, and China uphold a certain notoriety that categorizes them as one distinctive idea of Asia. Despite the fact that each of these countries heavily contribute to the political, societal, and cultural aspects of Eastern civilization, the individual characteristics of Japan, Korea, and China highlight their vast variation. The parallels between these three countries derive from pre-modern Chinese customs that heavily influenced Japan and Korea, ultimately impacting their linguistic and intellectual technicalities. As a result, many Japanese and Korean societal aspects greatly resembled those found in Chinese culture, primarily by virtue of proximity. Alliances and various forms of trade between China and its neighbors subsequently developed, thus contributing to the Chinese influence; however, these actions, while promoting cultural unity, failed to entirely dominate the distinctive aspects of both Japan and Korea. Both countries have since upheld their own idiosyncrasies that further classify them as individual nations. Pre-modern Chinese lifestyle substantially impacted Japan and Korean culture through nearby affiliations; regardless, both countries managed to maintain their own political organizations, social structures, and cultural traditions.