8.3 | Religion and Politics East Asia 8.3 | Religion and Politics

O | R: Animism Chinese belief in spirits Japanese animism c. 1000 BCE Filial piety and ancestors Oracle bones Japanese animism Shinto Tori Gates and the spiritual world O | R: Animism c. 1000 BCE

O | P: Legalism Righteous state rule and loyal acceptance Harmonious balance Korea adopted this idea Later diffused to Japan O | P: Legalism c. 200 BCE

D | R: Thought, not faith Chinese philosophy promoted thought Religion promoted faith One is active; one is submissive The influx of Buddhism Continued the trend of personal betterment Christianity ultimately failed in Asia Domination of the Church v. Filial Piety D | R: Thought, not faith c. 600 - 1500 CE

D | P: Centralization China’s imperial court grew Incorporation of many peoples The Civil Service Exam’s ups and downs Japanese militarization under the Bakufu Shoguns, daimyo, and samurai Imperial Japan D | P: Centralization c. 600 - 1500 CE

T | R: Thought, not faith East Asia remains spiritual A fusion of Buddhism and Confucian elements It is not religious as the West is religious Social collective thought v. personal religious devotion T | R: Thought, not faith c. 1900 - 2015 CE

T | P: Outside Influence WW2 broke the Japanese Empire America would occupy it (capitalism and democracy) America would occupy South Korea (CAP and DEM) The USSR would occupy North Korea (Communism) China became communist in 1949 The PRC and the RC (Taiwan) Tiananmen Square 1989 (Bonus Army 1932) Legalism’s roots and the people’s struggle Slow and gradual change The suffering of North Korea T | P: Outside Influence c. 1945 - 2015 CE