隋唐时代日本与中国文化

Japan and Chinese Culture in the Age of Sui and Tang

一 公元前后日本还处于新石器时代,西方如希腊、罗马等却早已建成发达的奴隶制国家了。日本和埃及、巴比伦、印度、中国等古老国家相比,农业的出现晚了好几千年,青铜和铁的使用也晚了几个世纪。尽管如此,日本还是通过朝鲜半岛间接地零星地接受了中国的先进文化。

China had a solid national strength in the age of Sui and Tang. Chinese culture flourished also at that time and gave a great influence to the neighbouring nations, especially Japan. For extricating Japan from her social crisis, she had to transform from her clan-slave society to early feudal society, accordingly, she absorb the Chinese culture actiuely and assimilate in order to creat her own culture and society. This article discusses Japan's absorption and assimilation of the Chinese culture in different fields.