The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.
Guiding Question
In what respects did Japanese civilization borrow from China, and in what ways was it distinctively Japanese? Note: Before completing these exercises, you may want to review material on Chinese and Buddhist thought.
Instructions
Below are five topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply.
Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.
Which of the sources reveal evidence of Confucian influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 8.1: Japanese Political Thinking | |
B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan | |
C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court | |
D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism | |
E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior | |
F. Source 8.6: Samurai and the “Arts of Peace” |
Which of the sources reveal evidence of Legalist influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 8.1: Japanese Political Thinking | |
B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan | |
C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court | |
D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism | |
E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior | |
F. Source 8.6: Samurai and the “Arts of Peace” |
Which of the sources reveal evidence of Buddhist influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 8.1: Japanese Political Thinking | |
B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan | |
C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court | |
D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism | |
E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior | |
F. Source 8.6: Samurai and the “Arts of Peace” |
Which of the sources reveal evidence of the influence of Japanese religious traditions (the Shinto faith and its predecessors) on society? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 8.1: Japanese Political Thinking | |
B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan | |
C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court | |
D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism | |
E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior | |
F. Source 8.6: Samurai and the “Arts of Peace” |
Which of the sources reveal evidence of the influence of bushido on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 8.1: Japanese Political Thinking | |
B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan | |
C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court | |
D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism | |
E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior | |
F. Source 8.6: Samurai and the “Arts of Peace” |