The Chinese influence in Korea ruined the role of women in Korean culture. Women who were once allowed to raise her children in her parents' home were frowned upon because due to the Confucian ideas, women belonged to her husband's family. Women could no longer inherit property or remarry. Confucianism changed the Korean view on women.
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* Japanese elite, then broader Japanese society, borrowed heavily from Chinese culture
* Elite class studied Neo-Confucianism teachings, history, calligraphy, and poetry
* Chan Buddhism → Zen Buddhism in Japan (popular among the samurai class)
* Neo-Confucianism adapted as the official ideology by the Japanese Tokugawa regime in the 17th century