"Buddhism in Chinese History"

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This paper examines how Wright deals with the question of defining the political, social, and cultural conditions that permitted the spread of Buddhism in the Chinese World. It explains that the author indicates that there were social and political changes occurring in China that opened the door to the spread of Buddhism.

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"Meantime, the author explains that while Imperial Confucianism was under attack (Wang Chung had initiated this "process of erosion" of Imperial Confucianism), so too was Han dynasty Confucianism, which gave citizens of China during that period the idea that perhaps there was a better way of searching for the spiritual life. Han Confucianism (17) fell into a period where haggling over the interpretation of "authoritative texts" severely eroded "its capacity for self-renewal and its ability to deal with new problems," either practical problems or intellectual problems."

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