1. 8.3 | Religion and Politics
East Asia
8.3 | Religion and Politics

2. 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 BCE

3. 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

4. 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 CE

5. 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 CE

6. 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 CE

7. 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 CE