Actually that's hardly the case, Chinese science, for much of world history had been at the front. During the warring states in Japan, Japan also had great scientific advancements.
Korea also claims much of what exists in the known East Asian world.
Ming China, especially Song dynasty, science was at the front and Song dynasty was not a militaristic one. Ming dynasty's ships, guns, and other inventions were at the fore front of the world.
Then Tokugawa Shogunate shut Japan's waters, and stopped all advancements, as did the Manchu Qing dynasty.
I can honestly say, having no Manchu and no Mongols are the only things that make me think there is a god and his name is Jesus.
There are other reasons too of course, a continuous warring state in Europe like the ones in China and Japan(which were also the highlight of our respective countries helped.)
Yes, you have a strong point there. There is no doubt that during the Tang Dynasty and Heian Jidai -- the level of trade and sciences exploration between Japan and China was at all all time high (nothing in modern period parallels this period of unprecedented Sino-Japanese entente). As during that time, it was considered that China and Japan were considered One; there used to be a ritual wherein the Emperor of China would send an Imperial envoy to the Emperor of Japan, who would then send one back to return the same auspicious regards. During those days, the Tang Dynasty Period and the Heian Jidai, the lips of the Emperor of China was close to the ear of the Emperor of Japan.
That's how close we were.
There are other reasons too of course, a continuous warring state in Europe like the ones in China and Japan(which were also the highlight of our respective countries helped.)
Hmm, so you're saying that the inter-European wars, and competition amongst their fiefdoms was a driving engine for ingenuity ? I would have to concur on that.
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While China and Korea fought Japan to a stand still in Korea, and Korean and Chinese navies decimated the Japanese navy. This proves that Asia at the time was the most powerful sphere in the world, and the most advanced period. Much of East Asian influence was found even in the French court.
Yes, the Koreans owe their collective existence as an independent power to the Chinese, honestly. Hideyoshi's forces had the Korean king begging the Court of Ming to come to his aid, literally most of Korea was already under Japanese control.
The thing is it took both of you to combine forces to make a stalemate in Korea. So exhaustive was the war that Ming China was bankrupted due to the cost of the war with Japan. While Japan had , too, exhausted its coffers . But the Imjin War was a didactic experience as it showed the Bakufu at the time on the effective military strategy in fighting foreign armies, instead of just regional clan wars. The Imjin Wars had saw to the , literally, decimation of the entire Korean Armies under the Japanese.
If it was not for China (Ming Dynasty), Korea should have been colonized by Japan as early as the 16th century.
I give you guys credit tho. Come on, 2 vs 1. lol.
The Meiji restoration, just brought Japan back into the world once again and no longer secluded from the world. Portuguese reported that the Hideoshi could have taken on the entire European army and Nobunaga first used line firing with muskets in the world.
yes. good point.
The classics was only to determined how smart the person was, it is by no means the only thing these people knew. The ancient structure is very complicated and hard to describe without too much writing so I'll leave it at it's not just the classics.
Can you elaborate ? I'd like to know your view on the matter, actually.