| Japan experienced a great social innovation during the sixth and seventh century. Before the reform of Price Sheng De, Japan was a Clan Tribes state. Its main characteristics were that people implemented Freemen System in economic life and Surname System in politics. Furthermore, on the basis of those, Community belief came into being. Price Sheng De first updated Japanese backward situation in thoughts. He introduced advanced cultural thoughts from the Chinese Mainland. Under the guidance of its thoughts, he implemented Taika era reform so that previous situation improved omnidirectionally: Commons and Citizen System replaced Freemen System; Centralization of Power replaced the System about Family Names; National religion replaced Community belief which is based on kinship; Laws and regulations affirmed the achievement. Since then, Japan entered a new epoch. Preponderant culture spread widely and elites made great efforts to promote Japan and Japanese nationality which were fundamental reasons of high-speed development of the whole society. |