CEVAP:

Today’s Sinic sphere is essentially a derivative form of the Chinese Civilization that influences nearby countries, including Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Cambodia. This sphere developed when Chinese Buddhism, mixed with Confucianism, spread over East Asia between the 2nd and 5^th centuries CE. These countries developed strong central governments modeled on the type that had been long institutionalized in China. Scholarly officials in Vietnam and Korea, and for a short time in Japan, were selected through a series of examinations on topics related to the teaching of Confucius which had been developed by the Chinese for their civil service examinations. “Shared familiarity with the Chinese classics and Confucian values provided a common framework for intellectuals and ruling elites across the whole region”