WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -China had major influences on Japanese culture and philosophy. Confucianism, Chinese writing, or kanji, and Chinese methods and knowledge related to astronomy were all influential in Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -China, the much older state and the more developed, passed on to Japan (sometimes indirectly via Korea) a long list of ideas including rice cultivation, writing, Buddhism, centralised government models, civil service examinations, temple architecture, clothing, art, literature, music, and eating habits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to this time, Japanese was only a spoken language. Then the Japanese began using Chinese characters to transliterate their own spoken tongue. Eventually they adapted Chinese written characters to create a set of syllables, called kana, that would fit the Japanese language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chinese culture influenced neighboring cultures’ governments, social systems, and gender relationships. Confucianism, Buddhism, and the Chinese language and writing system had the most significant impacts. China’s size and large population throughout history gave it influence across East Asia.