The Influence of Chinese Religion and Culture on the Religious History of Korea and Japan Cause and Effect Essay by Nicky
The Influence of Chinese Religion and Culture on the Religious History of Korea and Japan
This paper discusses the influence of Chinese culture on the Korean and Japanese religions.
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| 1,268 words
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| 2011
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Focusing on the influence of Chinese Culture, this paper argues that its largest and longest running religions have had a large influence on both Korea and Japan. It presents reasons for this influence, dating back to ancient civilizations and religions that have had lasting effects today. Interestingly, it says that Japan and Korea were influenced by China but that various Chinese beliefs and customers have been adapted to fit Korean and Japanese cultures.
From the Paper:
"The oldest known religion in Korea was a form of Shamanism in which shamans performed rites that were intended to obtain benefits for their worshippers. A similar form of belief in natural forces is found in Japan as well. Japanese Shinto and traditional Korean shamanism continue to form part of both national religious traditions to this day. Though similar in some ways to Chinese ideas of natural order it was the Chinese concept of Confucianism that exercised the greatest influence over the nature of the Korean state. Buddhism also came from China but fell out of favor during the government of the Yi Dynasty. Those seeking advancement in public life, "found it to their advantage to be identified as Confucians, staunch upholders of the rules and regulations that held society together." 1 Traditional beliefs, along with Buddhism were seen as not contributing to the goals of the state. The Korean system copied the Chinese system of an all-powerful emperor and a far-reaching bureaucracy."Sample of Sources Used:
- Goodwin, Janet R. Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
- Lancaster, Lewis R., Richard K. Payne, and Karen M. Andrews, eds. Religion and Society in Contemporary Korea. Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1997.
- Leggett, Trevor. Samurai Zen: The Warrior Koans. New York: Routledge, 2003.
- Nosco, Peter, ed. Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
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The Influence of Chinese Religion and Culture on the Religious History of Korea and Japan (2011, August 30)
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"The Influence of Chinese Religion and Culture on the Religious History of Korea and Japan" 30 August 2011.
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