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Agreed. In addition, we know that pretty much every Central and South Asian influence (Buddhist or otherwise) certainly arrived in Japan and Korea via China and

Agreed. In addition, we know that pretty much every Central and South Asian influence (Buddhist or otherwise) certainly arrived in Japan and Korea via China and the Silk Road. Given this reality, it probably makes sense to point out that when we look at China's achievements in this period, Japan and Korea are extremely humbled. See their capital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27an their second largest city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoyang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoyang one major Buddhist monument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan_Giant_Buddha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan_Giant_Buddha astrological maps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang_Star_Chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang_Star_Chart and general technological achievement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_of_the_Tang_dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_of_the_... ...

ktRolster 10y ago
it probably makes sense to point out that when we look at China's achievements in this period, Japan and Korea are extremely humbled You really didn't have to turn it into a rivalry.
- contingencies 10y ago
  China had a serious, flourishing, cosmopolitan age with people from tens of unique cultures and simultaneously invented critical technologies such as printing. Japan and Korea basically simply absorbed more from China, and there's little evidence that they came in to direct contact with foreigners from further afield such as Central and South Asians except inside of or via China. For example, the period Japanese monk Ennin records that he visited a certain monastery near Taishan, at which the graves of numerous South Asian monks (as well as some Koreans, etc.) are found. His motivation for travel was literally seeking knowledge, and his destination was China.

ktRolster 10y ago

it probably makes sense to point out that when we look at China's achievements in this period, Japan and Korea are extremely humbled You really didn't have to turn it into a rivalry.

contingencies 10y ago
China had a serious, flourishing, cosmopolitan age with people from tens of unique cultures and simultaneously invented critical technologies such as printing. Japan and Korea basically simply absorbed more from China, and there's little evidence that they came in to direct contact with foreigners from further afield such as Central and South Asians except inside of or via China. For example, the period Japanese monk Ennin records that he visited a certain monastery near Taishan, at which the graves of numerous South Asian monks (as well as some Koreans, etc.) are found. His motivation for travel was literally seeking knowledge, and his destination was China.