Pada akhir sejarah klasik, pengaruh sastra Tionghoa klasik ditinggalkan kala Jepang, Korea, dan Vietnam mengadopsi sistem penulisan mereka sendiri. Jepang mengembangkan aksara
katakana
dan
hiragana
, Korea menciptakan
hangul
, dan Vietnam mengembangkan
chữ Nôm
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Meskipun demikian, sastra klasik yang ditulis dalam dalam karakter Tionghoa masih menjadi peninggalan penting budaya Jepang, Korea, dan Vietnam.
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Pada abad ke-21, pengaruh ideologi dan budaya Taoisme, Konfusianisme, dan Buddhisme masih terlihat dalam
budaya tingkat tinggi
dan doktrin-doktrin sosial.
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