Is there an East Asian Culture?

Question 1

Is there a shared EA culture?

Answer 1

Yes,

Shared elite culture dating back to 500CE

ex: use of similar characters through language
Hanzi, Korean, Japanese

appreciation of Chinese classics

adoption of some form of COnfucianism

shared popular culture
surnames all come first

5 relationships: ruler-minister, father-son, husband wife, older brother-younger brother, friends

Question 2

Chinese Classical Tradition

Answer 2

texts date back to 700 BCE

they emerged during a period of war and show concerns on how to regulate the government and societies

Question 3

What four categories can these traditions be grouped?

Answer 3

MIlitary
Daoism
Confucianism
Legalistic

Question 4

Military

Answer 4

government and social relations are a problem of maneuvering for advantage among competitors through martial valor and cunning

ITS ALL ABOUT WINNING/ LOYALTY/ AND STRATEGY

stress on loyalty to superiors

Question 5

Confucian

Answer 5

Government and social relations are a moral problem solved through proper virtue of educated elites, proper ritual, and hierarchy

morality and filial piety

educations based on texts

Question 6

Key features of Confucianism

Answer 6

andate on heaven ( judgement from heaven)

look to past for model of truth

control emotions and desire

hierarchy

Question 7

Legalist

Answer 7

government and social relations are a problem of expanding power and size of state

use of institutions of control through regulations, laws, regards, and punishment

extract resources for conquest

Question 8

Daoism

Answer 8

government and social relations are a problem of understanding the way and then practicing effortless action

“live by content through effortless action”