Abstract

The Chinese Philosophy in Japan

"The Confucian code of ethics," says the author of "Things Japanese," has for ages satisfied the Far-Eastern of China, Korea, and Japan. China and Japan in modern times demanded new inspiration and found it abundantly in the men of later generations. To have emphasized the importance of these later developments, and for the first time to have made clear by translations some of the doctrines which have formed the accepted philosophy of modern times, is to have performed a great service. The particular interest which the student of Japan finds in this philosophy lies in the revelation which it affords as to the philosophical foundation of chivalry and its notions. A few words, then, as to the fundamentals of this philosophy and its translation to Japan, with some selections from one of its representative Japanese disciples. This philosophy Japan accepted upon faith.