Women sumo wrestling was popular in ancient China until rise of Confucian ethics
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“Women sumo wrestling was popular pastime in ancient China until rise of Confucian ethics”
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No evidence directly supports the claim about women's sumo wrestling in ancient China or its decline due to Confucian ethics. Wikipedia entries focus on Confucianism and unrelated topics.
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— The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Fiv…
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— Confucian Shinto, also known as Juka Shintō (儒家神道) in Japanese, is a syncretic religious tradition that combines elements of Confucianism and Shinto. It originated in Japan during the Edo period (1603…
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— Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, theory of governm…
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“Grappling partially clothed, sometimes naked, women drew large crowds, emperors but complaints from conservative officials led to sport’s demise”
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“In ancient China, women’s sumo was a popular form of entertainment in which participants wore minimal clothing that exposed their arms, backs, navels and lower abdomens, drawing significant attention”
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“Sumo is widely known as Japan’s national sport, but forms of wrestling also existed in ancient China”
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No direct evidence found about ancient Chinese wrestling similar to sumo. Wikipedia mentions general wrestling but not its relation to sumo.
“Not only did men compete, but women also took part, making it a popular form of public entertainment. Even emperors would watch the 'performances'”
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“It is also believed that China has some of the earliest records of female sumo wrestlers”
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“The sport is thought to have originated as a form of military training before gradually evolving into a performance art”
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Tang dynasty Wikipedia mentions wrestling in military training but does not confirm its evolution into performance art.
“During the Three Kingdoms period (220–265), Sun Hao of Wu ordered palace women to take off their clothes and wrestle, a fact found in early court records”
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— This article contains the family trees of members of the Sun clan, who ruled the state of Eastern Wu (229–280), in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280), in China.
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— Sun Hao (242 – January or February 284), courtesy name Yuanzong, originally named Sun Pengzu with the courtesy name Haozong, was the fourth and last emperor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three…
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— The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from 220 to 280 AD following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by …
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“By the Sui (581-617) and Tang (618-907) dynasties, wrestling had developed into a professional form of entertainment, reaching its peak during the Song dynasty (960-1279)”
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Tang dynasty Wikipedia mentions wrestling in military training but does not explicitly confirm professional entertainment during Sui/Tang or Song dynasty peak.
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— China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17% of the …
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— Hanfu (simplified Chinese: 汉服; traditional Chinese: 漢服; pinyin: Hànfú, lit. "Han Chinese clothing"), also known as Hanzhuang (simplified Chinese: 汉装; traditional Chinese: 漢裝; pinyin: Hànzhuāng) or tra…
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— The Tang dynasty (; Chinese: 唐朝; pinyin: Tángcháo; Wade–Giles: T'ang-ch'ao [tʰɑ̌ŋ ʈʂʰɑ̌ʊ]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between…
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