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Imperial embassies to China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (112 words) |
 | Imperial embassies to China were Japanese missions to China for importing the technologies and culture of China to Japan. |
 | The Imperial embassies to Tang China (遣唐使; Kentō-shi) are the best known; they ended in 894. |
 | There were also lesser-known Imperial embassies to Sui China (遣隋使; Kenzui-shi) in 607, which was sent by Shotoku Taishi with Ono no Imoko being the leader. |
| culture of China: Information from Answers.com (3158 words) |
 | The culture of China was molded by a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical, and political advancement, and a nation that is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex societies. |
 | The culture of China is credited with shaping much of Chinese thought, Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China's history, and mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for entry into the imperial bureaucracy. |
 | In essence, the history of 20th century China is one of experimentation to find a new system of social, political, and economic organization that would allow for the reintegration of the nation in the wake of dynastic collapse. |