Andō Shōeki (安藤 昌益? 1703-1762) was a Japanese philosopher of the eighteenth century. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He rejected much of the Buddhist and Confucian thinking prevailing in Edo period Japan[1]. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Confucianism ( is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the fifth century B The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 He also opposed feudalism in the political system. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed
References
- Andō, Shōeki (1992). Animal Court: A Political Fable from Old Japan. Diane Pub Co.
- Andō, Shōeki (1991). Ando Shoeki: Selected Writings. New Holland Publishers.
- Norman, E. Herbert (1949). Egerton Herbert Norman ( September 1, 1909 &ndash April 4, 1957) was a Canadian diplomat and historian Ando Shoeki and the Anatomy of Japanese Feudalism. Asiatic Society of Japan.
- Yasunaga, Toshinobu (1992). Ando Shoeki: Social and Ecological Philosopher in Eighteenth-Century Japan. New York: Weatherhill.
Notes
- ^ Karine Marandjian, Unseen paradise: the image of Holland in the writings of Ando Shoeki, in The Japanese and Europe: Images and Perceptions (2000), edited by Bert Edström.
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