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The Study Of The Similarities And Differences Of The View Of Life And Death Between Samurai And Knight

Posted on:2018-03-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C WeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515968927Subject:World History
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Samurai and knight,known as group of warriors,was once special stratums of the society which were active in the medieval Western Europe and Japan.Their existence made great influence not only on the historical process of the history of Japan and Western Europe,but also on the ideology and culture,which is hard to ignore.Based on bushido and chivalry,many scholars have made their studies of the two groups,which played an important role to the understanding of their behavioral motives and intellectual roots.But there is still a lot of research space for the comparison between the two.The view of life and death is an important part of world outlook and values,which is one of the important factors that affect the way people know and transform the world.By comparing the view between knight and samurai can help deepening the understanding of the two groups and the Japanese and European culture.The first part is mainly about the concept of the view of life and death,samurai and knight,bushido and chivalry.The second part mainly analyzes the main cause of the death of samurai and knights,including war,suicide,dueling aspects,which can help learn more about the survival environment that samurai and knight are facing.The third part mainly summarized the reason why both knight and samurai can be generous to die when facing the choice of life and death,according to the aspects such as education,values and profit.The fourth part mainly discuss religious impact on the ideas and values so as to get further content and ideology gist of their view of life and death.The final part is a comprehensive collation of the entire contents,compare the factors that affect the view of life and death between samurai and knight,and the similarities and differences between their view,makes every effort to get more clear results.
Keywords/Search Tags:The view of life and death, Bushido, Chivalry, Buddhism, Christian
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