Major people who directly accepted Confucianism were not only the samurai and townspeople who mastered Sinology, but Confucianism also influenced common people in Japan in an indirect manner.
儒教を直接受容したのは、主に武士や漢学をおさめた町人にとどまるものの、間接的な形で日本の庶民にも影響を及ぼしている。