Chinese Thought - Chugoku Shiso

Japanese: 中国思想 - ちゅうごくしそう

The culture or ideology of a country is often marked by the social status or occupation of those who represent that culture. It is said that the strong religious color of Indian ideology is due to the fact that those who represented culture were the Brahmins, a priestly class. In contrast, the strong political color of Chinese ideology is often due to the fact that those who represented culture were politicians and government officials known as scholar-officials.
[Ancient]
The concept of heaven has always been at the root of Chinese thought, but the origins of the worship of heaven have traditionally been explained in relation to agricultural life.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

一国の文化ないし思想は，その文化の担当者がいかなる身分職業に属していたかによって決定的な刻印を受ける場合が多い。インドの思想に宗教色が強いのは，文化の担当者がバラモンという祭司階級であったためであるといわれる。これに対して中国思想に政治色が濃いのは，その担当者が士大夫とよばれる政治家･官吏であったという事実によることが多い。
［古代］
　中国思想の根底にはつねに天の観念があるが，その天の崇拝の起源については，従来は農耕生活との関連から説明されるのが普通であった。

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