Talk:Charter Oath

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  • Add a section on the historical context, noting the "aristocratic revolutionary" aspects of the time; in particular, samurai discontent with "hereditary incompetents."
  • Expand the lead.
  • Determine what, if any, substantive effect the Oath had on subsequent jurisprudence.
  • Determine the role of the Oath as a popular artifact.

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[edit] Translation

I corrected some atrocious mistake in translation. It is difficult even for a Japanese to read this old style Japanese. Reference from a Western author should be treated carefully unless they make reference of their translation to Japanese source. Vapour

To be honest, the previous version is quite biased. For example, the direct translation of first oath is "Raise assemblies widely and decide everything with public principle". Nowhere does it acutally demand that Japan establish parliamental democracies. Vapour

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 09:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Five Charter Oath → Charter Oath — Better, widely used English term Monocrat 03:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

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  • Support. It is a better English rendition, and widely used in English-language scholarship.--Monocrat 03:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. For the above reasons, but with the provision that the more direct translation of Oath in Five Articles is stated as well.MightyAtom 03:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support and supply a correct translation in the text as MightyAtom suggests. Dekimasu 05:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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Doesn't mean I want to change my vote, but I've been thinking about why anyone would have named it Five Charter Oath, and I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that all of the articles are labeled #1. Dekimasu 14:16, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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