The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... Taoism , and Confucianism were also filtering into Viet- nam at this time . Even after the Chinese had been driven back ... Taoist vocabulary to make the Buddhist faith intelligible to the Chinese . After the Han period , in the north of ...
... Taoism , and Confucianism were also filtering into Viet- nam at this time . Even after the Chinese had been driven back ... Taoist vocabulary to make the Buddhist faith intelligible to the Chinese . After the Han period , in the north of ...
Page 274
... Taoist and Confucian rivals , how- ever , and in 845 the emperor Wu - tsung began a major persecution . According to records , 4,600 Buddhist temples and 40,000 shrines were destroyed , and 260,500 monks and nuns were forced to return ...
... Taoist and Confucian rivals , how- ever , and in 845 the emperor Wu - tsung began a major persecution . According to records , 4,600 Buddhist temples and 40,000 shrines were destroyed , and 260,500 monks and nuns were forced to return ...
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... Taoist , and Buddhist thought , naming the latter as su- perior . Although he had trained for government service , he experienced a change of heart and became a Buddhist monk . In pursuit of the pure Buddhist doctrine , he , like many ...
... Taoist , and Buddhist thought , naming the latter as su- perior . Although he had trained for government service , he experienced a change of heart and became a Buddhist monk . In pursuit of the pure Buddhist doctrine , he , like many ...
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