Ritsuryo Confucianism
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The adoption of a Chinese-style imperial state in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods of the 7th and 8th centuries arose from the Japanese adoption of an amalgam of legalist and Confucian political ideas transferred from China in a number of legal codes known as the ritsuryo. Government centralization, the registration of population and other legalistic features of the administrative system established under the ritsuryo, were actually subordinate to the system's underlying Confucian foundation, which was considerably less harsh and emphasized instead the concepts of ritual and moral leadership.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 1997
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Poetry and transformation: Su Shih's mirage
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Su Shih influenced the development of Chinese aesthetics in Japan through the introduction of his writings and ideas on poetry. Such ideas are vague because the nature of what he said is ambiguous and because of the way he expressed them. His poem "Mirage on the Sea at Teng-chou" is about poetry and his views on poetic creation.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 1998
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