Question

How did the relationship between China and Japan change under Shotoku Taishi?

Japan officially became part of the Chinese empire.
Japan demanded to be treated as an equal to China.

Japan stopped letting themselves be influenced by Chinese politics or culture.
Japan became economically and politically subordinate to China.

Answer 1

Answer is D

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Answer 2

Shōtoku promoted Buddhism and Confucianism in what had been an exclusively Shintō milieu and brought new political, religious, and artistic institutions to Japan. ... Shōtoku compiled the chronicles of the government, after the Chinese model, to make up the first book of Japanese history '

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