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Wang In

Also called: Wani

Baekje scholar said to have brought the Analects and the Thousand Character Classic to Wa and taught Chinese writing

Japan’s Kojiki and Nihon shoki say he went to Wa on Achikki’s recommendation and became tutor to the crown prince. The Kojiki records that he brought ten volumes of the Analects and one of the Thousand Character Classic. Known in Japan as Wani, he was honoured as a founder of learning there. He stands at the start of the Baekje influence that helped shape Japan’s Asuka culture.

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AD 552Baekje Brings Buddhism to Warelated figure
King Seong sent the envoy Norisachigye with Buddhist images and sutras to Wa; Baekje culture strongly influenced the formation of Japan’s Asuka culture.

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King Seong of BaekjeAD 554
Twenty-sixth king of Baekje, who moved the capital to Sabi and died at Gwansan Fortress
Achikki
Baekje scholar said to have gone to Wa around the reign of King Geunchogo, taught Chinese writing to the crown prince and recommended Wang In
Damjing
Goguryeo monk and painter who went to Japan in 610 and taught the making of paper, ink and millstones

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Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979
From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model
Buyeo2000 BC – 1376
From the Songguk-ri village to Sabi, Baekje’s last capital — the Geum River town where Baekje culture bloomed and fell