What influenced the japanese belief that merchants did not contribute much to society? buddhism confucianism hinduism shintoism

I believe the answer is: Confucianism

Confucianism focused on the teachings for personal growth/development and how to treat other people in a good manner. Merchants were seen as the group of people that promote materialistic life, which are generally scorned by Confucianism teaching.

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.