10/08/12 Mr. Houck AP World History Spread of Buddhism in China. When Buddhism was first introduced to China the philosophy was met with mainly positive responses‚ but a time progressed Buddhism was met with less favor and was often blamed for political or social problems before ultimately becoming a fundamental aspect of Chinese society. While some advocated following the teachings of Buddhism and some the eradication of Buddhist beliefs from Chinese society‚ still other preached
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The Spread of Buddhism in China Buddhism was created in India in there sixth century B.C.E.‚ and later spread to China during the first century B.C.E . In China‚ when people met Buddhism for the very first time‚ people had many mixed reactions. Some people began to accept Buddhism and started practicing it. Meanwhile‚ some people became very critical of the new language‚ and there were those who were indifferent about the religion‚ nor praising or declining. In the readings‚ Documents 2 and 3 show
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Question: Why was Catholicism so successful in spreading to the Americas and Philippines but not China or Japan? Context: Catholicism was one of the well-known and worldwide religion by 1750 that was spread among a wide range of places particularly Mesoamerica and Philippines. Yet‚ it was not effectively spread in China and Japan. Some of the problem about Christian history is that Chinese society of other different religions in China usually tried to remove everything that is related to Christianity
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The Teachings of Confucius versus the Tao Te Ching The teachings of Confucius and the Tao Te Ching are two important schools of thought in China. In Confucius’s Analects‚ he talks mostly of political and social issues and also speaks about how people must govern by following rules and displaying virtuous qualities such as honesty and integrity. Lao Zi on the other hand talks of how the world has a propensity towards balancing itself and that people should govern by “going with the flow” while the
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suffering Buddhism appeals to Chinese from several reasons Buddhism tolerance from other religions and ways of thought. No history of persecution No wars No establishing a holy kingdom Tolerance Accepted Confucianism and Daoism. Although Buddhism is the way of truth.‚ Confucianism and Taoism taught moral value. Buddhist salvation lies beyond the mortal world. Does not depend on religious purity-Can accept other religion. Buddhism establishes charities to alleviate
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During the spread of Buddhism in china‚ three popular views were that the spreading of Buddhism should be stopped‚ society benefited from it‚ and it was the way of salvation (afterlife). One of the responses to the spread of Buddhism was that it should be stopped. Many officials believed that Buddhism was harmful to china because Buddhism was discordant with the already established Chinese traditions‚ culture‚ and aristocracy. The leading scholar and official at the Tang imperial court‚ Han Yu‚
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established during this period becomes a vital part of cultural borrowing (formative years) - Cultural Flowering: → Confucius 551-479 leads to Confucianism (NEO-CONFUCIANISM as one of Japan’s eventual first national ideology) → Laozi 6th century BCE Daoism Qin 221 BCE - 206 BCE/Han 206 BCE - 220 CE - First great empire (Qin unified China) - Standardization‚ unification (allows easier understanding of Han dynasty writing‚ compared to Zhou) - Without this Qin standardisation of writing‚ there would
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I would consider the Middle Ages a fairly dark time in the history of the world‚ most evidently in the case of Europe. There were however differences across civilizations over the world including China. Many have called the era during the Tang and Song dynasties a golden age‚ one of prosperity and innovation. While life in Europe was often very glum‚ especially for serfs‚ Chinese inhabitants were fairly well off by all indications. The emergence of Buddhism and the continuance of many Confusionist
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Religion Comparison Project Even the most opposite things have some similarities. As well as opposites‚ different religion may have some similarities. Religion is the practice of worshipping a superhuman or god(s) in control. Since the world has many different parts‚ with different cultures they have different religions according to their region. Three of the well-known religions in Asia are Buddhism‚ Taoism‚ and Confucianism. Since the 3 religions are different‚ research was needed to bring out
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system of bureaucracy. Bureaucracy insured that only the most qualified could complete civil service jobs correctly. 8. Daoism and Confucianism were widely accepted throughout China‚ because although they were almost the complete opposite‚ their beliefs did not conflict with each other. Daoism was mostly a set of religious beliefs that were based off of harmony and peace. Like Daoism‚ Confucianism was also a set of ethics‚ but applied to government and not so much religion. 9. Classical China was a
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