Assertion: class samurai | /r/HasProperty | literate
Facets:
value: by the 12th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: in response to their perceived need
type: CAUSE
value: highly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: By the 12th century, upper-class samurai were highly literate due to the general introduction of Confucianism from China during the 7th to 9th centuries and in response to their perceived need to deal with the imperial court, who had a monopoly on culture and literacy for most of the Heian period.