Sinosphere

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civilizational sphere cultural region cultural sphere

Sinosphere is the cultural sphere in East and Southeast Asia historically shaped by Chinese language, Confucian philosophy, and related political and social institutions.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Chinese culture 2
Chinese civilization 1
Confucian cultural sphere 1
East Asian civilizations 1
East Asian cultural sphere 1
Sinic cultural sphere 1
Sinic world 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilizational sphere ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
cultural sphere ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sinosphere ⓘ
surface form: East Asian cultural sphere

Sinosphere ⓘ
surface form: Sinic cultural sphere

Sinosphere ⓘ
surface form: Sinic world
contrastedWith Indosphere ⓘ
Western cultural sphere ⓘ
coreInfluence Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese language ⓘ
Chinese legal traditions ⓘ
Chinese literary canon ⓘ
Chinese philosophy ⓘ
Chinese political institutions ⓘ
Chinese ritual culture ⓘ
Chinese writing system ⓘ
Classical Chinese ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
geographicFocus East Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
historicallyIncludes China ⓘ
Heian period ⓘ
surface form: Heian Japan

Imperial Vietnam ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Joseon ⓘ
surface form: Joseon Korea

Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea

Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
historicallyInfluences Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
historicalPeriod imperial era of China ⓘ
pre-modern East Asia ⓘ
influences educational systems in East Asia ⓘ
family structures in East Asia ⓘ
legal codes in Japan ⓘ
legal codes in Korea ⓘ
legal codes in Vietnam ⓘ
literary forms in East Asia ⓘ
political thought in East Asia ⓘ
ritual and etiquette norms in East Asia ⓘ
keyFeature Chinese imperial examination system ⓘ
surface form: Confucian examination systems

Confucianism ⓘ
surface form: Confucian social hierarchy

adoption of Chinese characters ⓘ
ancestor worship practices ⓘ
bureaucratic monarchy models ⓘ
civil service examinations ⓘ
filial piety norms ⓘ
shared literary traditions ⓘ
shared philosophical vocabulary ⓘ
tributary diplomacy with China ⓘ
use of Classical Chinese as written lingua franca ⓘ
relatedConcept Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
surface form: Chinese diaspora

Sinosphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Confucian cultural sphere

Sinicization ⓘ
shapedBy Chinese dynastic expansion ⓘ
spread of Chinese writing ⓘ
spread of Confucian classics ⓘ
tributary system ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinosphere → alsoKnownAs → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Asian cultural sphere
Sinosphere → alsoKnownAs → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinic world
Sinosphere → alsoKnownAs → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinic cultural sphere
poet Cui Hao → culturalSphere → Sinosphere ⓘ
subject surface form: Cui Hao
Taoism → hasCulturalContext → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese culture
this entity surface form: Chinese culture
East Asia → hasCultureSphere → Sinosphere ⓘ
Imperial China → hasInfluenceOn → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Asian civilizations
Yamato polity → influencedBy → Sinosphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese civilization
Sinosphere → relatedConcept → Sinosphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confucian cultural sphere