Chinese Culture Influence On Japan

Chinese culture has influenced Japan in many ways during the time period of 800-

1200CE. The Tang Dynasty Tales and The Diary of Lady Murasaki helped surface the Chinese

customs and traditions hidden in the roots of the Japanese empire. The Tang Dynasty displayed a

centralized form of government, with 6 six major departments: personnel, finance, rights, army,

justice, and public works. They had an agency called the Censorate which served to watch over

other government officiating bodies. Government officials were chosen based on a Confucian

examination system. Thus, China was still thriving in what what was known as the Golden Age.

In Japan, they were in an era known as the Heian period. During the Heian period, an imperial

court was

One way in which they were majorly culturally

influenced was that they used some of the same Chinese Mandarin language and incorporated it

into their own dialect. One example of how Japan was influenced culturally from the Diary of

Lady Muarausaki, she admired Juyi Bai, a famous Chinese poet. At the very time in China, an

economic revolution was going on. Neo-Confucianism, a revival of Confucianism mixed with

Buddhist and Daoist elements, was on a rapid rise. One of the main advancements was in

agriculture. A new fast ripening rice was blossoming in Vietnam that was drought resistant led to

a surplus of rice. The result was a rapid growth population. Heian elitism is also displayed in the

writings of The Diary. In Japan, it was also a rise of the warrior class and the samurai.

The imperial power of the Japanese empire was ruled by the warrior class. By the end of

it’s rule, emperors started clashing with their predecessors, and it all just started to fall apart.

This became the era of the shogun empire and was the beginning of a new duel government in

Japan in 1192. Yorimoto was the “shogun” in power and ran an independent warrior