The Japanese Nation in Evolution : Steps in the Progress of a Great People
The book The Japanese Nation in Evolution : Steps in the Progress of a Great People was written by author Griffis, William Elliot, 1843-1928 Here you can read free online of The Japanese Nation in Evolution : Steps in the Progress of a Great People book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Japanese Nation in Evolution : Steps in the Progress of a Great People a good or bad book?
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Yet to the towering bronze statues it added a beauty superior to that known in either India or China. Nara reared the largest image, with a stature unmatched in the world. After being twice at the top melted in fire and repaired, in a decadent age nearly a thousand THE ARYAN RELIGION 125 years after its uprearing, we must not judge its pres- ent features too severely. It is the Roshana Buddha of Law as contrasted to the Buddha of Mercy. The new religion had an instant and powerful effect in giv...ing solidity to Government. Coming in to alter the world view of things, to teach crema- tion instead of burial, to make of the hut a home, cooperating moreover with Chinese ideas of costume and etiquette, to show the beauty of order and the joy of permanency, Buddhism called a halt to the nomadic life. The old "itineracy seemed both out of date and out of joint with the times." A wonderful transformation of ideas, customs, and manners began in the Mikado-city. The men of peace, of letters, of religion, and of civil routine came in.
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