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- relations, dominated by China, prevailed in East Asia until the weakening ... allowed to conduct trade with China, both in the capital and at land frontiers ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- " is a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism that stresses the practice ... According to tradition, Zen originated in India as a non-verbal doctrine ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... a profound understanding of Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- and an aggressive expansionist policy. In that both his father and grandfather ... In addition to military prowess, Chandragupta II elevated culture ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- best known for the novel Trout Fishing in America. Brautigan wrote ten ... the zeitgeist of the 1960s youth culture in America, especially California ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- who discovered the agent for syphilis, in 1911. mother and teachers became a medical doctor. In 1900, he came to the U.S. and ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- the fourteenth century, Noh was established in its present form by Kan'ami ... and are intended to illustrate the principles of Buddhism. ...16 KB (2,586 words) - 19:45, 5 March 2023
- the 45 year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from ... growing domestic problems and realized that in order to escape the threat ...24 KB (3,557 words) - 04:15, 9 November 2022
- Born the son of an insignificant daimyo in Owari province, near present ... many innovations both on the battlefield and in the economic and political ...25 KB (4,007 words) - 23:52, 17 November 2022
- vernacular poetry, one of the major figures in the history of Japanese poetics ... man of artistic sensibility turned recluse. In 1212, he completed Hojo-ki ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 02:34, 5 October 2022
- between the Taira and Minamoto clans during Japan's late-Heian period ... #039; (平). The conflict is also known in Japanese as the Jishō-Juei ...23 KB (3,568 words) - 19:36, 23 October 2022
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... eco-friendly and elderly-friendly designs in their temple. During a major ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- which gained international notoriety in 1995, when it carried out a ... Founded by Shoko Asahara, Aum emerged in Japan in the mid-1980s and ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 17:50, 22 August 2023
- the Licchavis and the Vajjian Confederacy. In Buddha's time, Vesali ... and watch towers stood at three places in the walls' gates. Buddhaghosa ...15 KB (2,417 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- capitals") was the Imperial capital of Japan from 794 until the Meiji ... Ikko sect.Esben Andreasen, Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- ISBN 8934908475) He emerged as a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, introducing ... Born Lee Young Joo in Korea on April 10, 1912, Seongcheol was the ...36 KB (5,271 words) - 19:47, 21 April 2023
- buildings from the Asuka period, preserved in Horyuji Temple, were built ... After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan began to build European ...29 KB (4,292 words) - 09:48, 1 April 2024
- of Gojoseon, the first kingdom of Korea, in present-day Liaoning, Manchuria ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- Mount Fuji (富士山; Fuji-san in Japanese) is the tallest volcano ... Mount Fuji is a well-known symbol of Japan and is frequently depicted ...18 KB (2,819 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- The village of Bodh Gaya is in the Gaya district in the Indian state ... was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002 based upon the criteria ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- to be graced with special powers or skills. In general, possessed persons ... and the practice of exorcism originated in prehistoric shamanistic beliefs ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- T'oegye (1501-1570). The two lived in the same period and they met ... for having developed Zhu Xi's Thought in Korea and set the path of Korean ...21 KB (3,447 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- feudal lords) who sought to take control of Japan in the late stage of the ... Takeda Shingen was distinguished by his aggressiveness in battle and ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional ... In 1937, Japan engaged in war with China for a second time, and in ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ... the Europeans from the fifteenth century. Japan had made the most recent ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun ... the beginning of the early modern period of Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, assisted ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- and eleventh centuries, they were unified in 1115 under Wanyan Aguda (完颜阿骨打 ... Over a period of thirty years beginning in 1586, Nurhaci, a chieftain ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- |country = Japan |undergrad = 14,711 [http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/stu04/e08_02_j ... is one of the leading research universities in Japan, producing top officials ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- from the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects ... during meditation, and Zen teachers use them in training novices. Each koan ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- Kamakura (Japanese: 鎌倉市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa ... pilgrimages because of its grand temples; in the last century, it has become ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial court ... The Tale of Genji and to a central character in the novel. ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- or creed officially endorsed by the state. In some countries more than one ... political culture and the level of tolerance in that country. Some countries ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate ... mathematical principles of origami are used in engineering technology. ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- word (the kigo) descriptive of the season in which the renga is set. Hokku ... among both amateurs and professionals in many languages. The appeal ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- ) is a Hindu temple complex, located in the village of Duy Phú in ... Many Champa temples exist in a valley roughly two kilometers wide ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- Confucian classics to spur political reform in China. After participating ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- of Korea, up to the division of Korea in the 1940s. See History of North ... Gojoseon (then called Joseon), was founded in 2333 B.C.E. by Dangun, who ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, ... overt syncretism and reinterpretations in popular folklore (see below ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- Geopolitik. An army officer who had served in Japan as a military attaché ... of Hitler's expansionist strategies in Germany, resulting in World ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- Gaya refers to a confederacy of chiefdoms in the Nakdong River valley ... on the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. Later in 660 C.E. Silla unified the ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- was an uprising of Japanese peasants, most of them Christians, in ... After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Christian lords Konishi ...25 KB (3,619 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- Thread, The Hell Screen, Autumn, The Ball, In a Grove, and Kappa. humanity. The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- of Bulguksa and it played a vital role in Korean cultural history. Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- of trees by training them and growing them in containers. Bonsai can be developed ... of cultivating single specimen trees in wooden trays or earthenware ...25 KB (3,891 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is today regarded ... Basho, drawing on his own studies of Zen Buddhism, revolutionized haiku by ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 16:53, 7 November 2022
- East Asia was one of the last areas to receive Christianity, beginning ... ==Early religion in Korea== [[Image:Dangun as Mountain Spirit 1.jpg ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The March First Movement, or the Samil Movement (in Korean, samil ... The March First demonstrations established the high-water mark in ...28 KB (4,439 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- a wealthy Chinese Methodist, had studied in the United States, and sent ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- politics when Minh's junta was deposed in a January 1964 coup by General ... War II, he became the Interior Minister in the French-backed State of ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 23:35, 15 December 2022
- mountain) directly east of Gyeongju, in Gyeongsang province. If legends ... stature of the religious and cultural site. In 1995, Bulguksa was added to ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 18:42, 22 November 2023
- Nagaland (Hindi: नागालैंड) is a state of India located ... Nagaland has played a crucial role in the development of the Republic ...19 KB (2,820 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- Incense has been used since antiquity in different parts of the world ... Incense is available in various forms and degrees of processing. Depending ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth century. He was ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist and Zen tradition ... and orientalist Edwin G. Pulleyblank asserts in his study Linguistic Evidence ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- to that the profound impact of Shamanism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and ... Music. Traditional music in Korea has been based on the voice, a distinct ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- religion with the adoption of Theravada Buddhism. That eroded the Hindu idea ... The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- qigong meditation introduced by Li Hongzhi in China in 1992. Falun Gong has ... twice as the "Star Qigong School" in the 1992 and 1993 Asian Health ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- Korea) and prominent tourist destination in eastern South Korea. It lies ... vast number of sites from this period remain in the city today. After the kingdom ...25 KB (3,647 words) - 14:22, 14 December 2021
- is the traditional garment of Japan. Originally the word kimono was ... the right, and secured by a wide belt tied in the back, called an obi. Kimono ...33 KB (5,356 words) - 17:09, 19 May 2023
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- Considered an important regional kingdom in Manchuria by the People's ... a major regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... Nine is the highest single-digit number in the decimal system. A group ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- The Yangban (양반, 兩班 in Korean) were a well-educated scholarly ... ruling class of the partitioned Koreas. In modern day Korea, the yangban ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world, which ... The holiday has its highest prominence in Mexico, where the celebration ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in 1592 and 1596, starting a war ... 2007-03-24 involved China and resulted in further conflicts on the Korean ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in [Japan's Korea War: First ... == Negotiations and Truce between China and Japan (1594–1596) == ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- for the purpose of ritual purification in conjunction with prayer within ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- object is different from other art in that it is also tactile and ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... In the beginning, various groups in India wrote eight more or less ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern ... Kanji includes new characters created in Japan, and modifications ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- is a form of ornamental handwriting found in various cultures throughout ... typography and non-classical hand-lettering in that characters are disciplined ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- have been one of the most skilled swordsmen in Japanese history. Musashi, ... life. He constantly tested his insights in a series of real life-or-death ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- Buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central ... sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... fused into a single unified form of Buddhism. In Japan in particular they ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Early on in his college days, Kerouac embraced a bohemian lifestyle ... spent more than a decade studying Zen Buddhism in Japan and won a Pulitzer ...22 KB (3,414 words) - 21:03, 25 December 2022
- The crowns of Silla, discovered and displayed in Gyeongju, are unique ... The crowns of Silla were made in the Korean kingdom of Silla approximately ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ... It is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and, unique among the prefectures ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- stages of the Soviet occupation of Sakhalin. In the decades following, those ... During the 1930s and early 1940s, the Empire of Japan controlled the ...39 KB (5,508 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- further east lies the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The word Zhejiang (meaning ... Zhejiang has been enjoying a dramatic upsurge in its economy and standard ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- both ancient and modern, that originated in or is practiced in China or ... they were produced. Artists and artisans in ancient China relied heavily ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- define what people regard as most valuable in a human being. Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle dealt with virtues ...43 KB (6,406 words) - 20:37, 3 May 2023
- Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi" ... " that bind us to suffering and keep us in ignorance. More than any other ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ... China has been a major source of inspiration and life in terms of ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- and the 2,000-year-old Imperial system. In 1924, he was expelled from ... historians as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, and in 1934, he was officially ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- influenced by the two primary religions of Japan, Shinto and Buddhism. Japanese ... stories of ancient India were influential in shaping Japanese stories, though ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- (the Chinese Pinyin spelling often used in Chinese recipes) or bean curd ... Tofu originated in ancient China, but little else is known about the ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- state of unity thereafter. Atonement in this sense, whether the offended ... Atonement in its primary, religious sense is done very often in the ...32 KB (5,060 words) - 18:12, 21 August 2023
- (燕王), possessing a heavy military base in Beijing. Though Zhu Di excelled ... and construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing; the completion of ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- is a dharmic religion with its origins in the prehistory of India, still ... the individual to live, think and act in ways that respect and honor ...28 KB (4,275 words) - 12:42, 6 November 2021
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Dangun founded Gojoseon in 2333 B.C.E. Modern historians generally ... The people of Gojoseon propagated in Manchuria, far eastern China ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- (Yellow River) and extends out to sea in the form of the Shandong Peninsula ... China, cast the province into a central role in Chinese history. The first ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
