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A 5 page research paper that looks at the differences and similarities between Japan and China in regards to family structure, lineage, and the treatment of women. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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be viewed as a cultural satellite of China. This is because of the dominance that Chinese culture has had over Japan after its introduction to Japanese in the fifth and
sixth centuries (Hane 1). Nevertheless, the culture that emerged from "adopting, adapting, and assimilating aspects" of Chinese culture into Japanese society was distinctly Japanese (Hane 1). Due to this shared
heritage the patterns that developed in both China and Japan relative to family structure, lineage, and the treatment of women were very similar, yet there are also some very
important differences, particularly in regards to lineage. The strength of Chinese social institutions serves to aid and support Chinese families. "China has been a stronghold of the family
system and has derived both strength and inertia from it" (Fairbanks; Goldman 18). The Chinese family has served greater Chinese society, until very recently, as a microcosm of that society,
the state in miniature. Not the individual, but the family unit, provided the focal point of societal considerations. The filial piety and obedience that one was expected to show
towards family was the "training ground" for loyalty to the ruler and obedience toward state authority (Fairbanks; Goldman 18). That the function of the family was to have sons
who could become loyal subjects can be seen in the way that traditional Chinese family structure was maintained (Fairbanks; Goldman 18). The father was always the supreme autocrat with
unchecked authority and control over every aspect of family life (Fairbanks; Goldman 18). According to law, a Chinese father could sell his children into slavery or even kill them for
behaving improperly if he wished to do so. Chinese culture also stressed the domination of age over youth within the traditional family. This domination of age was also matched by
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