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The Influence of Chinese Culture on Buddhism
Date Submitted: 12/17/2004 12:30:34
Category: / Society & Culture / Geography
Length: 5 pages (1492 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Geography
Length: 5 pages (1492 words)
The Influence of Chinese Culture on Buddhism
Buddhism was originally developed in India and brought to China over the silk road, and later to some extent through southeast Asia around the first century A.D.. This was during a time when the then reigning Han dynasty was in a state of chaos and Confucianism was being discredited by some intellectuals. The Chinese people therefore came to identify Confucianism with the failing dynasty, and sought a …
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