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CHINA (Sinification) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Buddhism from China became an enduring and powerful feature in the religious landscape of Vietnam
      - The military technology and practices they learned from the Chinese helped Vietnam to go south and extend their control over their adversaries beneath them
      - Tang dynasty adopted rice from Vietnam, which contributed to the Tang's population boom
        
        Viets did not openly welcome Chinese influence like the Koreans, but openly adopted "good" Chinese aspects
        
        Viets strongly resisted the Confucian patriarchy, Women were allowed to freely engage in trade and other independent activities.
      - Vietnam revolted against the Tang and would maintain their independence till the 19th century when France conquered them
- - - - Chinese writing introduced, and Confucian classics taught to kids
        
        Tang emperor made Korea vassal state via Silla Kingdom
        
        Sinification peaked during open flow of culture bc/ vassal state
        
        Chinese innovations, fashions, styles and etiquette -> Korea
- - - - Introduced Chinese script, bureaucracy, and equal field system based on Chinese policy where the government assigned land to families based on their ability to work it and produce yield
        
        Eventually Japan realized that their attempt to model China wouldn't work, and by the 10th century they abandoned it
        
        Thus, Japan created the office of Shogun, a military dictator who ruled via local warrior leaders called bushi
        
        This led to civil war in the 15th century which resulted in the destruction of the capital and the Shogunate. Power fell entirely into the feudal system resulting in 300 feudal kingdoms in Japan, protected by samurai who followed a code (bushido) led by local warlords called daimyos
      - Buddhism became very popular in China
        
        A Buddhist planned to marry the emperors wife, depose her husband, and take control of Japan
        
        Japanese emperor found this out and moved capital from Nara, a Buddhist temple haven, to Heian, 28 miles away