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Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 8

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Source 8.1 The Seventeen Article Constitution

Source 8.2 The Chronicle of the Direct Descent of Gods and Sovereigns

Source 8.3 Pillow Book

Source 8.4 Su Dongpo in Straw Hat and Wooden Shoes

Source 8.5A Advice to Young Samurai

Source 8.5B The Imagawa Letter

Source 8.6 Samurai and the “Arts of Peace”

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.

Question 8.31

Which of the sources reveal evidence of Confucian influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply.
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ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism
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Correct: Source 8.1: This source expresses a number of Confucian principles, including Laws 4 and 15 on the decorous behavior of ministers. Source 8.2: While framing Confucianism as fitting with Japanese ideals, Source 8.2 explicitly acknowledges the influence of Confucian thought on Japanese society. Source 8.5: Expressions of filial piety in these sources reflect Confucian values. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon has little to say about Confucius or Confucian principles, and her comments on the role of women at court run counter to Confucian teachings. Source 8.4: This image of Su Dongpo in a peasant’s hat and sandals expresses a Buddhist, not Confucian, message. Source 8.6: This image reflects the values of the bushido “arts of peace,” not Confucian thought.

Incorrect: Source 8.1: This source expresses a number of Confucian principles, including Laws 4 and 15 on the decorous behavior of ministers. Source 8.2: While framing Confucianism as fitting with Japanese ideals, Source 8.2 explicitly acknowledges the influence of Confucian thought on Japanese society. Source 8.5: Expressions of filial piety in these sources reflect Confucian values. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon has little to say about Confucius or Confucian principles, and her comments on the role of women at court run counter to Confucian teachings. Source 8.4: This image of Su Dongpo in a peasant’s hat and sandals expresses a Buddhist, not Confucian, message. Source 8.6: This image reflects the values of the bushido “arts of peace,” not Confucian thought.

Question 8.32

Which of the sources reveal evidence of Legalist influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply.
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ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism
ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	E. Source 8.5: The Way of the Warrior
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Correct: Source 8.1: This source expresses Chinese Legalist principles when it advocates for the judicious use of rewards and punishments. Source 8.2: This source provides evidence on some Chinese influences on Japanese society, but not Legalism. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon makes no mention of Legalism or Legalist thinking in Pillow Book. Source 8.4: This source offers no evidence of Chinese Legalism. Source 8.5: Neither of these documents makes any mention of Legalism or Legalist principles. Source 8.6: This source reflects the values of the bushido “arts of peace,” not Chinese Legalism.

Incorrect: Source 8.1: This source expresses Chinese Legalist principles when it advocates for the judicious use of rewards and punishments. Source 8.2: This source provides evidence on some Chinese influences on Japanese society, but not Legalism. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon makes no mention of Legalism or Legalist thinking in Pillow Book. Source 8.4: This source offers no evidence of Chinese Legalism. Source 8.5: Neither of these documents makes any mention of Legalism or Legalist principles. Source 8.6: This source reflects the values of the bushido “arts of peace,” not Chinese Legalism.

Question 8.33

Which of the sources reveal evidence of Buddhist influences on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply.
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1eoMUwqbGSN43LoGFk2KBbM7WtI6+uSIktnd1sVdxvuj+OCzqkVsxoAwO6MNpn1bh0PLfQ1dI7y4rziHwMhGcQJm9GRWGbL2E3zjWe8M25PiQY2ik5MLBrRmXT/EXVaQeSPSNA==	D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism
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Correct: Source 8.1: Law 2 states: “Sincerely reverence the three treasures . . . the Buddha, the Law [teachings], and the Priesthood [community of monks].” Source 8.2: Kitabatake seeks to place Buddhist ideas within a Japanese cultural context by associating the adoption of Buddhism with the sage emperor Shotoku. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon describes Buddhist priests and a pilgrimage to a Buddhist shrine. Source 8.4: This image is Zen Buddhist in conception. Source 8.5: Both documents refer directly to Buddhist principles and practices. . Source 8.6: This source makes no explicit reference to Buddhism; instead it depicts the tale of a samurai’s loyalty to his emperor.

Incorrect: Source 8.1: Law 2 states: “Sincerely reverence the three treasures . . . the Buddha, the Law [teachings], and the Priesthood [community of monks].” Source 8.2: Kitabatake seeks to place Buddhist ideas within a Japanese cultural context by associating the adoption of Buddhism with the sage emperor Shotoku. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon describes Buddhist priests and a pilgrimage to a Buddhist shrine. Source 8.4: This image is Zen Buddhist in conception. Source 8.5: Both documents refer directly to Buddhist principles and practices. . Source 8.6: This source makes no explicit reference to Buddhism; instead it depicts the tale of a samurai’s loyalty to his emperor.

Question 8.34

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.
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ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism
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Correct: Source 8.2: Kitabatake based his claims for the uniqueness of Japanese society and culture on the Japanese deities who first peopled the islands. Source 8.5: Both documents refer to Japanese religious shrines. Source 8.1: Shotoku makes no explicit reference to indigenous Japanese religious traditions, but does make reference to Buddhist traditions. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon mentions Buddhist, not Japanese, religious traditions in her Pillow Book. Source 8.4: This Buddhist image conveys nothing of native Japanese religious traditions. Source 8.6: This source makes no explicit reference to native Japanese religious practices, instead depicting the tale of a samurai’s loyalty to his emperor.

Incorrect: Source 8.2: Kitabatake based his claims for the uniqueness of Japanese society and culture on the Japanese deities who first peopled the islands. Source 8.5: Both documents refer to Japanese religious shrines. Source 8.1: Shotoku makes no explicit reference to indigenous Japanese religious traditions, but does make reference to Buddhist traditions. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon mentions Buddhist, not Japanese, religious traditions in her Pillow Book. Source 8.4: This Buddhist image conveys nothing of native Japanese religious traditions. Source 8.6: This source makes no explicit reference to native Japanese religious practices, instead depicting the tale of a samurai’s loyalty to his emperor.

Question 8.35

Which of the sources reveal evidence of the influence of bushido on Japanese society? Choose ALL that apply.
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ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	B. Source 8.2: The Uniqueness of Japan
ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	C. Source 8.3: Social Life at Court
ExJKRUbmSsFQHkA5L0A/ngVPDmUEiZDq0lIehMfKV3dxK3P5s3DUP2xX/5SSZ4d+kukozoxy5dk4abKVgk7WBzXOiH6A/9WGwpxvMraidMJsTNn31yVGw4yADRsGQS7Ybj33uw==	D. Source 8.4: Japanese Zen Buddhism
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Correct: Source 8.5: Both sources provide advice on how to uphold bushido values. Source 8.6: Writing poems was one way to pursue the “arts of peace,” which were an aspect of bushido. Source 8.1: Bushido did not exist at the time that Shotoku wrote his constitution. Source 8.2: While this source focuses primarily on Japanese traditions, it does not explicitly invoke the bushido code. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon describes elite life at the Japanese court, but does not directly refer to the bushido code. Source 8.4: This source depicts Buddhist rather than bushido themes.

Incorrect: Source 8.5: Both sources provide advice on how to uphold bushido values. Source 8.6: Writing poems was one way to pursue the “arts of peace,” which were an aspect of bushido. Source 8.1: Bushido did not exist at the time that Shotoku wrote his constitution. Source 8.2: While this source focuses primarily on Japanese traditions, it does not explicitly invoke the bushido code. Source 8.3: Sei Shonagon describes elite life at the Japanese court, but does not directly refer to the bushido code. Source 8.4: This source depicts Buddhist rather than bushido themes.