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Taika Reforms
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Educational and Bureaucratic Development
The reforms expanded the state school system, establishing the Daigaku (Imperial University) to train bureaucrats in Confucian classics, Chinese administrative practice, and legal theory. This created a literate administrative class dependent on state patronage, strengthening centralized authority while paradoxically preserving aristocratic dominance through educational gatekeeping.
Legacy and Historical Assessment