Question

1. Harmony is to be valued, and an avoidance of wanton opposition to be honored. All men are influenced by class-feelings, and there are few who are intelligent. Hence there are some who disobey their lords and fathers, or who maintain feuds with the neighboring villages. But when those above are harmonious and those below are friendly, there is concord in the discussion of business, right views of things spontaneously gain acceptance. Then what is there which cannot be accomplished! From the Constitution of Prince Shōtoku, as recorded in the Chronicle of Japan, c. 720 C.E. The Human Record: Sources of Global History, 8th edition, volume 1, p. 248.

Which philosophy or belief system transferred from China is most evident in the above passage?
a. Daoism
b. Buddhism
c. Confucianism
d. Ancestor worship

Answer 1

The answer is Confucianism

Answer 2

c, confucianism asfuennxjsks