The Responses to the Spread of Buddhism in China After Buddhism spread to China from India, many people began converting to Buddhism because it gave them a meaning in life during the period of instability and disunity after the collapse of the Han Dynasty as shown in Document 2. The Chinese at first welcomes Buddhism, as it gave them support during political instability and disunity, but as political relations improved, the government saw Buddhism as a threat to their power and moved to get rid of it. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism threatened the power of the nobility and they rose up to disclaim it as shown in Document 6; however not many people were the emperor of China so this wouldn’t effective give a good representation of the responses shown by the majority of the Chinese citizens. After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, there was people who needed more than just Confucianism to give them meaning in their life, Buddhism was then spread to China through merchants and missionaries. In China, among the many classes of Chinese social structure, they show positive responses to the spread of Buddhism as seen in Documents 1,2,3, and 5.
Adler College Gurabo, PR U. S. History Essay I Angel R. Pérez 11-1 Professor Ruiz August 27, 2013 The opening to China 1839 – 1844 The opening to China symbolized the U. S.’s attempts to expand westward. The opening itself was very dissimilar to the Japanese, since the Chinese were willing to do so. But it wasn’t only the Americans, the British and other European powers sought China for products because of their great deal of products to choose from. The Chinese on the other hand, were getting less interested in western products as westerners to Chinese products. This disinterest led to a chain of events that led the U. S. to gaining power in China.
Ashoka Maurya first converted to Buddhism after witnessing a war with an enormous amount of bloodshed and cruelty, he wanted to have peace of mind so he accepted Buddhism. He became “enlightened” and wanted to spread his enlightenment with others so he sent missionaries, in forms of monks that lived in monasteries and taught the Buddhist’s beliefs, to different lands such as Central Asia and Sri Lanka. He hoped that if he sent the missionaries they would spread the religion, and others would convert. Just like Buddhism, Christianity also spread after the rulers of the Roman empire accepting and converting to Christianity. Constantine the great was the first emperor to embrace Christianity, he converted to gain the political support of the growing numbers of Christians in the empire.
And different religions (Buddhism, Taoism) can co-existed together to civilize the people. Last, when the Chinese have conflicts with the west, she would not act as a starter of war, she fight back for self-defense only. Harmony does play an essential role to the Chinese culture. And even, in the 2008 Olympic Game where held in China, used harmony as the main theme. Confucianism is highly advocated in China.
Technically, China does have some laws against taking bribes but there is a fine line between bribes and gift giving. It is an acceptable practice to give gifts to the officials that a company works with because it shows respect and that you value their friendship. The problem is that the gifts are becoming more and more expense to ensure the company gets everything that is needed to open a division in their country. The Chinese government is getting more aggressive with cracking down on officials taking bribes in order to fast track business licenses, but there is still a long way to go. According to FCPA, it is illegal in the United States to bribe or accept a bribe in return for favors, and most statewide business will abide by these laws.
Brahmin and merchants donated money to build monasteries and as a consequence, the greatest art and architecture in Indian history was created. Buddhism: “Buddhism entered China from India” (Riley, 254) and flourished after the fall of the Confucius dominated Han Dynasty. The rulers and people liked the Buddhist belief of eternity and welcomed the philosophy. Rulers within the T’ang Dynasty used both the Confucius writings and the harmonious Buddhist beliefs to govern and prevent harm from coming to its people. As the T’ang Empire expanded, so did the popularity of the Buddhist belief.
As Europeans spread across the known world beginning in the early modern period, they were met with mixed results. Many scoffed at their wonton greed for gold and land while others profited due to interaction. Still others disliked these new people, especially due to their attempts to force their culture upon native subjects, and some regarded Europeans as comparatively weak and harmless. Documents 1,2, and 6 view European exploration in their regions with disdain, while documents 4, 5, and 8 regard the Europeans in a more positive way as trading partners. Documents 3 and 7 believed the Europeans were a threat to their culture and therefore, attempted to cut off influence from them.
In what ways did Buddhism play a role in Japan, during the postclassical era? How did Buddhism change Japan, and how did Japan change Buddhism? | * Japan borrowed many things from china; including Buddhism, political values and thinking. * Japan was unique because even though it borrowed many things from china it adapted them to fit their culture. * Japan borrowed ideas from other places hoping to gain power and If needed fix the situation they were in.
A cultural change was the increase in popularity in Buddhism, which was brought in by missionaries from India. Eventually, Buddhism became the primary religion of most people, and also allowed China to spread. Both Daoism and Buddhism are very similar, both are practice traditions, rather than faith traditions; which causes a reappearance of Daoism in china. A political changed that caused classical China to end is the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. After the fall of the Han dynasty China was chaos, and the chaos ended with the rising of the Sui dynasty.
Is the Mandate of Heaven still used or referenced currently in China? How often were rulers passed down from father to son? How many rulers were overthrown in China because of the Mandate of Heaven? Did the Europeans get the idea of the divine right of Kings from the Mandate of Heaven? 5) The authors do agree with certain ideas of the source, such as virtue.