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Buddhism became very prominent in Chinese Buddhism. The story of Shan-tzǔ ... a part of the Buddhist tradition, Chinese Buddhism raised them from a peripheral ...

; 妙法蓮華經 Chinese: Miàofǎ Liánhuā Jīng; Japanese: Myōhō ... of the newly founded Mahayana sect of Buddhism, more than 500 years after ...

The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji ... end. Rinzai is the Japanese branch of the Chinese Linji school, which was ...

a Buddhist, he encouraged the spread of Buddhism through the state; however ... one of the most public leaders in Chinese history. Burdened with many ...

Zhang Binglin (December 25, 1868-June 14, 1936) was a Chinese philologist ... quot;), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He developed ...

these structures incorporated elements of Chinese pavilions and towers. ... encounter with the East. The original Chinese is ta, which is an abbreviated ...

He translated more than 60 sutras into Chinese, including Saravanabhava ... works that are important not only for Chinese Buddhism but for the religion ...

example of the importance that Korean Buddhism places on the written word ... extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script. Carved onto 81,258 ...

Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional Chinese: 觀音) is known ... and these traits are associated with the Chinese concept of Yin (the feminine ...

Jianzhen or Ganjin (Chien-chen鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ...

Daman Hongren (Chinese: 弘忍) (Wade-Giles:Shih Hung-jen; Japanese: ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...

35 years. She encouraged the influence of Chinese culture and Buddhism by ... reign include the official recognition of Buddhism by the issuance of the Flourishing ...

Dayi Daoxin (Chinese: 道信， Wade-Giles: Tao-hsin) (Japanese: Dōshin ... of daily life, a them which became central to Chan Buddhism. ...

Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, originating from the Chinese Tiantai (T'ien-t'ai) or Lotus ...

appear to have been shamanistic, but Chinese culture increasingly influenced ... fall. The first mention of Goguryeo in Chinese records dates from 75 B ...

tradition. He was a reformer, who took Buddhism to the common people and ... He was the first to systematize Korean Buddhism, bringing the various Buddhist ...

respected and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, ... employed during the earliest period of Buddhism and were then later developed ...

In the Vajrayana Buddhism, Upasaka Dharmatala is a well known Upasaka ... In both the Chinese Ch'an and Japanese Zen traditions, a ceremony ...

Grottoes reveal the profound impact that Buddhism has had in the eastern part ... * Chinese Buddhism * Buddhist Art * Mogao Caves ==Notes== ...

The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: ... In Tibetan Buddhism, upon the death of either the Dalai Lama or Panchen ...

the bureaucratic political ladder of the Chinese government and served as ... of the reign of Emperor Tang Xuanzong (Chinese: 唐玄宗) (712–730) ...

The Mogao Caves have become the best known of the Chinese Buddhist ... *Chinese Buddhism *Gansu *Wood Block Printing *Silk Road ...

are an important part of Hinduism and Buddhism and they are frequently ... techniques. Meanwhile, the emergence of Buddhism in the sixth century B.C ...

) is a central concept in Buddhism, which corresponds to a number ... In Chinese Buddhism, Dukkha was translated as kǔ (苦 "bitterness; ...

the empire in 1211 C.E., traditional Chinese, Persian, and Arab sources ... Since the empire took on trappings of a Chinese state, Chinese historians ...

; Chinese for short:慧可; pinyin: Huìkě; Wade-Giles: Hui-k’o; ... method to reach a true understanding of Buddhism, and that he taught that ...

of Asia, including China and Tibet where Buddhism continueed to flourish after ... The Chinese pilgrim-monk Xuanzang Samuel Beal, Buddhism In China. ...

In both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions of Buddhism, faith is ... As Buddhism evolved and spread throughout Asia, the act of faith became ...

Vairocana is one of many Buddhas revered by particular sects of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese school of Hua-Yen, and the ...

Daoist classics, attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dongbin (798 ... Golden Flower is attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dong bin (798 ...

to assist Buddhist monks in teaching Zen Buddhism, an undertaking in which ... Haeju, to assist in his teaching of Seon Buddhism, and the work was subsequently ...

(鬼節) or Yulan Festival (traditional Chinese: 盂蘭盆節; simplified ... K. Chen, "Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism" Harvard Journal ...

on Mount Emei had long been the home of Chinese martial arts. ... * Chinese Buddhism * Tang Dynasty * Sacred Mountains of China ...

Liǔ Zōngyuán, 773 – 819) was a Chinese writer, Chinese poet and ... elements of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Around 180 of his poems ...

to Korea to warn King Munmo that the Chinese were planning an invasion ... one of the leaders of the developing Chinese Huayan tradition. ...

Chinese 菩提達摩, Japanese ダルマ), a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to China (where ...

its teachings derived from the books of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism ... and regards Taoism and Confucianism, Buddhism's predominance has ...

wrote a number of essays criticizing Buddhism, but his final treatise ... his anti-Buddhist polemic, he criticized Buddhism in a number of treatises ...

throughout the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Chöd entwines the traditions ... of the contemporary schools of Tibetan Buddhism and due to the dissemination ...

| nationality = Chinese | denomination = | school ... | title = Third Chinese Patriarch | workplace = ...

Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... The central focus of Chinese philosophy throughout the ages has been ...

Huángbò Xīyùn (simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运 traditional: 黄檗希運 ... ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ...

picture of Unified Silla civilization. Buddhism and aristocratic society ... In the seventh century, Silla allied itself with the Chinese Tang ...

and his attempts to reform the Chinese government often resulted ... Confucian ideals. He deplored Daoism and Buddhism as teachings which encouraged ...

of the 'East Mountain Teachings' (Chinese: tung-shan fa ... Master), only the second time in Chinese Buddhism and the first for three ...

Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese:林語堂; Simplified Chinese:林语堂 ... Lin Yutang wrote extensively on Chinese social, cultural traditions ...

was crumbling, however, that Japanese Buddhism, which had been declining ... theories about him. Shinran’s theory of Buddhism came from deep insight and ...

that developed in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism circa fourth century C.E. ... The two principal schools of Indian Mahayana Buddhism are the Yogācāra ...

traditions, especially Taoism and Buddhism. Adherents engage in eclectic ... of God, we see influences from Taoism, Buddhism, and Western monotheistic ...

Capital of Liao, then invaded the Han Chinese Northern Song Dynasty( 宋朝 ... tenth century, when the Balhae (Bohai in Chinese,振, then 渤海) kingdom ...

one of the foremost pilgrimage sites in Buddhism. Siddhartha, as Buddha Gautama ... Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the ...

world and the West by introducing Zen Buddhism and other Far Eastern religious ... to Ceylon to study Pāli and Theravada Buddhism and live the alien life ...

words such as Bodhi or satori in Buddhism, or moksha in Hinduism and ... ===Bodhi (Buddhism)=== Bodhi (बोधि) is the Pāli and Sanskrit ...

During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ... brought about by the adoption of Chinese models of government, incorporating ...

respect of China. Silla's welcome to Buddhism and Confucianism, blending ... name has been recorded with various Hanja (Chinese characters) phonetically ...

, 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician ... and education, Yan Zhitui supported Buddhism and defended it against ...

students in arts and culture steeped in Buddhism and Taoism. Those societies ... In 520, King Beopheung instituted Chinese-style reforms and formalized ...

the headquarters of the Tendai school of Buddhism. At a young age, he raised ... the Ts'ao-t'ung lineage of Zen Buddhism in Mt. Tien-tung (J. Tendo ...

was Batuo, (also, Fotuo or Bhadra (the Chinese transposition of Buddha ... because of its long association with Chinese martial arts and particularly ...

Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: ... of doctrinal classification in Chinese Buddhism: a study of the panjiao ...

flourished in on Mount Wuyi, followed by Buddhism at a later date. The combination ... ===Taoism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism=== In the seventh century ...

Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ... height by cultivating the truth embedded within Buddhism. ...

a jelly-like noodle), negi (green onions), Chinese cabbage, and enokitake mushrooms ... after the eighth century when Buddhism was introduced to Japan ...

Shingon Buddhism (眞言, 真言 "true words") is a major ... version of the Huayan School of Chinese Buddhism, brought to Japan via ...

renovations. Those advances come out of Buddhism's tenet that humans ... As a consequence of the heavy fighting, many innocent Chinese and ...

The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... Chinese culture underwent several turning points and renewals throughout ...

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...

Giles: Fung Yu-lan) (1895–1990) was a Chinese philosopher who was important ... Dewey. After publication of History of Chinese Philosophy Feng continued ...

quot; or "Perfection." In Buddhism, the Paramitas refer to ... of the bodhisattva path found in Mahayana Buddhism. This path involves the ...

Daie Sōkō) was a twelfth century Chinese Chan (Zen) master best known ... "Fo-jih," the "Sun of Buddhism." The following year ...

in the student. In some forms of Buddhism, the Guru-disciple relationship ... === In Buddhism === Dharma transmission (Chinese: 傳法, Chuánfǎ ...

that the Jin would inevitably dominate the Chinese, he began plotting to usurp ... Cheong argued that Korea had become too Chinese and too Confucian, and had ...

teaching in Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, which affirms that each ... transformation of twentiety-century Chinese Buddhism: Master Yinshun's ...

Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... in the institutional field of alternative Chinese science, not religion, as ...

other intellectual traditions, such as Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy ... from non-Western traditions, such as Chinese or Indian philosophy, often ...

chosen to represent three elements of Buddhism, bul or Buddha, beop or ... In 636 he traveled to Zhongnanshan Mountain, the home of Chinese Buddhism ...

temple. The contribution he made to Buddhism and Buddhist art in Singapore ... U Kyaw Gaung aimed to introduce Theravada Buddhism in Singapore.Than, "A ...

holds a special place as a center for Buddhism during the Mauryan Empire ... but by the time of the visit of the Chinese pilgrim monk, Xuanzang, ...

of the most influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poets. Born into a noble ... Early Chinese poetry grew from a rich tradition of folk songs and ...

Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.Heriyanto ... by dharmic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. These religions were brought ...

Moksadeva, or Yüan-tsang) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, ... Central Asia and India. The classic Chinese novel Xiyou ji (Journey ...

The Mahayana Chinese/Japanese version differs only slightly from the ... The prayer for taking refuge in Tibetan Buddhism. *སངས་རྒྱས་ ...

into the education system in China. In Buddhism, the golden mean, or better ... ===Doctrine of the Mean in Chinese Society=== In China prior to the ...

from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Chinese history, she then broke ... beautiful." Thus, today Chinese people refer to her as Wu ...

of the Japanese Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. He transformed the Rinzai ... At the age of 19, he came across in his studies the story of the Chinese ...

Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism ...

The "ji" in the name of Jirisan or Mt. Jiri is the chinese ... a few centuries after the introduction of Buddhism to Korea. Destroyed during ...

Chang Heng-ch'ü. 1020-1077) was a Chinese Neo-Confucian moral ... spent several years studying Daoism and Buddhism. After concluding that these ...

K. Chen, "Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism" Harvard Journal ... ghosts" is a ritual of Japanese Buddhism, traditionally performed ...

previously ascendant court religion of Buddhism. During his reign, Daoist ... friendly relations with the Song Chinese, based on economic and cultural ...

:See Korean Buddhism for more information. [[Image:Monk_in_the_temple ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...

between Singapore and the community of Chinese merchants in Bangkok. The ... III was a devout and faithful follower of Buddhism. He built or repaired 50 ...

Christianity and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth ... Christianity in China, he showed Chinese scholars that foreign countries ...

Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient ... Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) has taken various ...

The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Halhūn be jailara gurung) or Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng ...

survives, also in seven books, six in Chinese and one in Tibetan. These ... Lanka and Thailand, "official" Buddhism has in large part adopted ...

of Asia including China and Tibet, where Buddhism continued to flourish after ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...

Ananda (Chinese: 阿難, A Nan or 阿難陀, A Nan Tuo) was one of ... a ripe old age. When Fa Hien, the famous Chinese pilgrim, visited India in ...

) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ... the countryside became a common theme in Chinese art and a model for later ...

Hwanin 환인(桓因) is an alias in Buddhism for the name Indra, ... Asia. Hwanin is a pronunciation of the Chinese letters "환인 桓因 ...

grew to become the largest sect in Chinese Buddhism. The teachers claiming ... Ch’an grew to become the largest sect in Chinese Buddhism and, despite ...

calligraphies, and antiques of previous Chinese eras, acquiring large collections ... calligraphies, and antiques of previous Chinese eras, acquiring large collections ...

China were triggered by the embassy of the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian during ... Following Zhang Qian's embassy and report, commercial Chinese ...

river. These contests were of three types: Chinese poetry, Tanka poetry, and ... a similar practice in collections of Chinese poems of the time. Unlike ...

the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism virtually disappeared in ... form during the first few centuries of Buddhism. This reluctance towards ...

history. Prior to the arrival of Islam, Buddhism and tradition Chinese culture ... Ningxia is the home of the Hui, one of the officially recognized Chinese ...

left the monastery, where the practice of Buddhism was frequently lax, and ... the age of eleven, he studied Japanese and Chinese classics. ...

trade. Historically on the periphery of Chinese power and economy, that ... Zhejiang was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ...

century, Sinocentrism was replaced with Chinese nationalism (zhonghua minzu ... of China, and relations between the Chinese Empire and these peoples ...

Korean art was strongly influenced by Chinese art and the exchange of ... the primary influence on Korean art was Chinese painting, though the subject ...

Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, ... Chinese myths are thought to have originated around the twelfth century ...

deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture. While ... times throughout the vast corpus of Chinese folktales and literature. ...

the Koreans unambiguously triumphed over the Chinese. ==Background== ... to China the following year to study Taoism and Buddhism. ...

Hanh was also instrumental in bringing Buddhism to the West, and engaging ... Thiền) and the Mahayana school of Buddhism and was ordained as a monk ...

'ṣṭāṅga mārgaḥ; Chinese: 八正道, Bāzhèngdào; ... ethical code followed by lay followers of Buddhism: :1. To refrain ...

became the preferred stone of post-1800 Chinese imperial scholars and rulers ... From about the earliest Chinese dynasties until present, the jade ...

, also known as Shin Buddhism, was founded by the former Tendai Japanese ... one of the most widely followed forms of Buddhism in Japan. Today, there are ...

tests measured candidates knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes ... jabeop) in a variety of fields, including Buddhism. Monks who passed then received ...

The Chinese Rites controversy (ca. 1630-1715 C.E.) was a dispute within ... rites as they sought to create a Chinese version of Christianity ...

and is also considered to be holy in Buddhism, Sikhism, and some new religious ... appeared as "唵" in Chinese Buddhism, and was also utilized ...

Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Esoteric ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...

transcendence, a theme documented in Chinese history since the legendary ... like De and Deeds, have become part of Chinese culture and thought. Western ...

Japan from abroad were Confucianism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Daoism ... Among Far Eastern traditions, while Chinese thought has generally had ...

from the seventh to the tenth century. Buddhism and Daoism were introduced ... synonymous with all of Japan. Based on Chinese models (including the adoption ...

was a great patron of the Buddhist faith; Buddhism spread to Central Asia and ... In Gandhara, Mahayana Buddhism flourished and Buddha was represented ...

Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism, among others. He is identified ... powerful empire under the influence of Buddhism with some Manichaean shrines ...

as well as spiritual heritage in Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. ... Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ...

Chinese mythology starts with Pangu, the creator of the universe, ... It was during this period that Chinese civilization developed a ruling ...

Traditional Chinese: 韓非 Simplified Chinese: 韩非 Pinyin: Hán Fēi Wade-Giles: Han Fei ...

clearly explicated by Tansen Sen, in his Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The ... blamed for the eventual destruction of Buddhism. Victor H. Mair has explained ...

interconnected as early as 5000 B.C.E. Chinese merchants colonized the ... Buddhism constituted the dominant religion, followed by Islam, and ...

from the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects ... In Chan (Zen) Buddhism, a koan is a succinct paradoxical statement ...

Tao or Dao (道, Pinyin: Dào, Cantonese: Dou) is a Chinese character ... cosmology became a distinctive feature of Chinese philosophy, one which was ...

and Korea. Its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an. ... 635, and its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an ...

goods from India and import of 15 from the Chinese side. The opening also shortens ... when the Tibetan government expelled the Chinese living there, most of the ...

lifetime, he is the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, a major Japanese Buddhist ... Lotus Sutra was the only correct form of Buddhism for the present time period ...

Journey to the West (Traditional Chinese: 西遊記; Simplified Chinese: ... allegory, the story is steeped in Chinese folk religion and Buddhist ...

into one of the largest sects of Chinese Buddhism. The teachers claiming ... defining figure of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism. Many well known Ch ...

leader of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism). The Potala Palace, located ... to live in Dharmasala, India following the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Today ...

with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist ... a sound mind and a very sound grasp of the Chinese Classics, but also an unblemished ...

is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the ... the Rinzai-school. Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History. Volume 2: Japan ...

, also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese literary theorist, writer ... a great interest in the ideas of Chan Buddhism. He claimed that this interest ...

tales of bravery in battle, there are references to Chinese and Japanese legends, poignant recitations of poetry, and frequent "drenching of sleeves ...

Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ... Tengri first appeared in Chinese records referring to the Xiongnu ...

and the Korean Peninsula. Several Chinese texts record the people ... According to some Chinese records, Chinese descendants led by Gija ...

Practical Philosophy of Primitive (Early) Buddhism. He also taught at Otani ... and Naraka (hell). Ningen consists of two Chinese characters, nin and gen ...

1997) and has a large concentration of Hui Chinese as well as a variety of ... one of the foremost regions in China for Buddhism. Gansu enjoys an abundance ...

23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher ... influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang returned ...

of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent is considered ... compassion. All four schools of Tibetan Buddhism respect the Dalai Lama, ...

practice of Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. It serves several religious ... in the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, where they are used in ...

=== Buddhism === * The Dharmachakra, a Buddhist symbol, has eight spokes ... * In Mahayana Buddhism, the branches of the Eightfold Path are embodied ...

crucial role Kandy played in spreading Buddhism throughout Sri Lanka. The ... Kandy directly connect to the spread of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. ...

had a profound impact upon Japanese Buddhism and art. In the same way ... Baekje in 18 B.C.E. According to the Chinese record San Guo Zhi, during ...

the members of the ethnic majority of Chinese people to this day still ... were established. The Han gave the Chinese a sense of unity and bequeathed ...

He encouraged the participation of Han Chinese in government while pursuing ... age of five (six according to traditional Chinese age reckoning) in 1643, ...

father, Charles Jones Soong, a wealthy Chinese Methodist, had studied in ... the Japanese. In 1943, she was the first Chinese national and the second ...

#039;s ultimate meeting with Chinese Buddhism, where, for example ... ," the Bodhisattva of Compassion in Chinese Buddhism). ...

who wrote the most numerous books in Chinese characters. Although his ... Professor Peng Lin at Qinghua University, Beijing teaches the Chinese ...

religion with the adoption of Theravada Buddhism. That eroded the Hindu idea ... principalities collectively known to the Chinese by the names Funan (modern ...

of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ... the name “Ashina,” first appeared in Chinese sources relatively late ...

deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture. While ... backwards). He often bears an archaic Chinese instrument instrument called ...

and stupas. The second-holiest tree of Buddhism, and the Anandabodhi Tree ... that miracle under the Gandamba tree. The Chinese pilgrim Hiouen Thsang (Xuanzang ...

Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty ... Fu as one of the most humane and moral of Chinese poets; and indeed, Du Fu ...

to a large extent inherited from China. Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and ... The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("hanja" in Korean ...

Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... made it to China to study classical Chinese Buddhism. Many consider him to ...

is the ruler of Heaven (Tian) in Chinese mythology and is among the ... In addition to the myriad Chinese myths and popular tales that reference ...

Shikoku where he studied calligraphy and Chinese poetry with a monk. When ... Nakae originally followed the teachings of the Chinese Neo-Confucian ...

Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: Fǎjiā; Wade-Giles: Fa-chia; literally ... state. Borrowing from the reforms of other Chinese states, Shang Yang enacted ...

=== Buddhism === *Important Buddhist rituals usually involve nine monks. ==As lucky or unlucky number, Chinese culture== Nine (九 pinyin jiǔ ...

, is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture. Qi is believed ... This active cosmology has influenced Chinese philosophy, as well as ...

Among the Oirats' enemies were the Chinese Manchu dynasty and the neighboring ... The Oirats accepted Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism in the sixteenth century ...

and Heavenly Horse Tomb. The adoption of Buddhism by the Silla kings in 528 ... a uniquely Korean product and show little Chinese influence. The Silla crown ...

for much of Christian culture in Chinese society today. Members of ... Xavier, however, died the same year on the Chinese island of Shangchuan, without ...

Exorcizing demonic forces is central to native Chinese religious culture ... practices that have been influenced by Buddhism and Taoism. In contemporary ...

Wudangquan or the “internal” styles of Chinese martial arts, which Sun ... (external) martial arts are linked with Buddhism and traditionally associated ...

complete extant version of Buddhist canon in Chinese script. ... Main Article: Korean Buddhism [[Image:Goryeo Buddhist painting.jpg ...

Tiger of Kai." In some versions of Chinese mythology (Shingen and Kenshin ... Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism ) of Hokuriku, and as the ...

Tibet, many of the men practice Tibetan Buddhism in the monasteries of Karsha ... of the inhabitants practice Tibetan Buddhism, while the remainder declare ...

Westerner documented to have converted to Buddhism, renowned for his open-minded ... seem to have been active proselytizers of Buddhism during the time of Menander: ...

differed from the detachment of typical Chinese and Japanese Buddhist poetry. ... the start of the Age of Mappō (1052), Buddhism was considered to be in ...

under Kublai Khan to becoming a basically Chinese institution under his successors. achievement, including developmets in the Chinese novel and plays with increased ...

including 'sumi-e', a style of Chinese and Japanese ink and wash ... East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese ...

, 709–785) was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor ... Yan’s artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy parallels the ...

The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... Western classical music and popular music. Chinese popular music originated ...

For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... accounts situate the origins of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka circa 200 B ...

drawing elements from the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, and various ... for use within the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and, despite the existence ...

used by the monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen ... Around the tenth century, four Chinese monks were invited to teach ...

had come under the influence of Mahayana Buddhism from Bihar and Bengal. By ... and introduced Mon culture and Theravada Buddhism. They initiated the construction ...

record of the development of Tibetan Buddhism. Today, the Institute of ... the time of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet (marked by the ...

Furthermore, one of the key doctrines of Buddhism is Anatta, meaning "not ... the Dao De Jing, the source book of the Chinese Daoist tradition, asserts ...

Army Intelligence Corps where he learned Chinese (via Confucian texts) mainly ... he found this too restrictive, since Buddhism is non-theistic. Instead ...

India's major religions, Jainism and Buddhism, trace their beginnings ... quot; but later became a disciple of Buddhism and became known as "Dhamma ...

leaders of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Chinese philosophy ... of the distinguished Bhikkhuni of early Buddhism are recorded in many places ...

administrators, began calling himself the Chinese title of "wang" ... into the Liaodong Peninsula, the last Chinese commandery at Lelang was ...

Historically Shanxi has been a center for Buddhism and Daoism; a multitude ... battlefield between the Japanese and the Chinese communist guerrillas of ...

worshiped in Tantrism or Vajrayana Buddhism. Originally a Hindu goddess ... Within Tibetan Buddhism Tārā is regarded as a Buddha of compassion ...

wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers ... The lion dance continues to be an important part of Chinese culture ...

abound in the mythologies of Hinduism and Buddhism. Although these creatures ... of the ocean. Similarly, followers of the Chinese Hua-Yen tradition believe ...

Finally, the text has also been shown to have influenced Chinese Buddhism ... partly forgotten due to the rise of Chinese Buddhism during the Tang dynasty ...

philosophy developed, the influence of Buddhism, which had guided the former ... adopt Zhu Xi’s philosophy. Zhu Xi was a Chinese philosopher of the Southern ...

seized the throne (the first and only Chinese Empress to rule in her own ... regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to ...

emerged as a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, introducing significant ... and gaining proficiency to read such Chinese classics as The Romance ...

it was a magnet for migration of Han Chinese from the north, who cleared ... Hunan was left relatively unscathed by the Chinese civil war that followed ...

1722. He is known as one of the greatest Chinese emperors in history. His ... falling back on the concept that all non Chinese are barbarians. He consolidated ...

Saimdang's father taught her the Chinese classics and gave her ... Confucian Eyes: Writings on Gender in Chinese History (Berkeley, CA: University ...

a living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ... a living history of the development of Buddhism in Japan. ...

Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ... separated from the Miao. Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe ...

Pǔyí (Traditional Chinese: 溥儀; Simplified Chinese: 溥仪) ... Gardens, before becoming a member of the Chinese People's Political ...

Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, ... Zhu Di (Chu Ti)'s father, the Hongwu (Hung-wu; Chinese: 洪武帝; ...

name 'Taejo' is comprise of two Chinese characters, 'Tae' ... pirates (wakou) and the invasions of the Chinese Red Turbans, those who came ...

tutored in the Kano school's style of Chinese painting by his friend, Okajima Rinsai. These studies (such as a study of perspective in images imported ...

of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient Judaism. ... Weber focused on those aspects of Chinese society that were different ...

numerous texts of Neo-Confucianism, Zen Buddhism and Daoism. In 1554 he went ... orthodoxy than the Japanese and even the Chinese. Although Yulgok was a Neo ...

is also found in the Philippines). The Chinese would also sometimes spread ... Buddhism also has an ancient talismanic tradition. In the earliest ...

It is also a central concept in Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and has ... It is also a central concept in Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and has ...

during this time they converted from Buddhism to Manichaeanism under the ... Göktürks (Kokturks, known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ...

folk and aristocratic art forms, including Chinese acrobatics, dengaku, and ... and are intended to illustrate the principles of Buddhism. ...

of religion, Chandragupta II supported Buddhism during the time of Buddhism ... Faxian (Fa-shien) had been the first of three great Chinese pilgrims ...

world, where he has helped to spread Buddhism and to publicize the ideal ... influential spiritual leaders of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama traditionally ...

(the same character is used for the Chinese word Dao). As such, Shinto ... === Shinto and Buddhism === In 538 C.E. Buddhism was introduced into ...

elements of Shamanism, Confucianism and Buddhism. The early Shamanist Koreans ... still conducting their written work in Chinese, the early Catholics used ...

diverged from the ancestors of the Han Chinese about 5,000–6,000 years ... China to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu or Chinese nation, although in anthropological ...

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name "Taejo" is comprise of two Chinese characters, "Tae," ... Taejo promoted Buddhism as the national religion, writing Ten Injunctions ...

by 635 C.E., and its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an. About the same time, Nestorian Christianity penetrated into Mongolia ...

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Chinese name. Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" ... Metropolitan Government requested that the Chinese name of the city change ...

peoples before the vast majority accepted Buddhism, Islam, or Lamaism. It centers ... “Mandate of Heaven” which shaped the Chinese historical perspective. ...

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and popularized in China, and many Chinese speculate that origami originated ... used as a means of practicing Zen Buddhism, with special attention ...

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such as Confucianism, Daoism, or Mahayana Buddhism. Nestorian Christianity ... of Tang (r. 840–846) who also suppressed Buddhism. Christianity emerged ...

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towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese ... subjugation, however, by an opportune Chinese invasion of Burma and by ...

The first serious European studies of Buddhism and Hinduism were undertaken ... Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for decorations involving Chinese ...

although some major religions (notably Buddhism) reject the notion ... cultures such as the Egyptians and the Chinese posited that individual ...

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appeared in the travel account of the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang, who ... During this period, Buddhism pursued the Hīnayāna doctrine, which ...

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Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified ... and servants. Cao belonged to a Han Chinese clan which reached the height ...

as well as institutions for Japanese and Chinese literature, occidental studies ... literature, and the Seishu Collection of Chinese classics and Japanese literature ...

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to turn his back on the world and retreat into Buddhism. The Hojo-ki conveys a Buddhist understanding of the vanity of human effort and the impermanence ...

. In Korean, it is Yi Byeon. However, in most Chinese materials, his name is often misrepresented as zh|李昇 , which is pronounced as Yi Seong ...

or Shinto temple, and the Dutch and Chinese were restricted, respectively ... whose professions broke the taboos of Buddhism. Eta were butchers, tanners ...

claim Kula Kangri is in Tibet and modern Chinese measurements claim that ... of Bumthang District, is the place where Buddhism entered Bhutan. Bumthang ...

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Buddhism accepts the Buddha's teaching that everything in the ... of the manifested universe. Mahayana Buddhism denies being in favor of ...

The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hsien (ca. 337 - 422 C.E.) wrote about the ... Buddhism may have been an influence on the development of many of ...

=== Bells in Buddhism and Hinduism === Hindu and Buddhist bells, called ... alloy for the finest Turkish and Chinese cymbals. Other materials ...

Qin Shi Huang (259–210 B.C.E.) was the first emperor of the Chinese ... By the eighteenth century, the Chinese designed weights into the sides ...

harbor, it was known to Roman, Arab, and Chinese traders over 2,000 years ... There are small communities of people with Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Malay ...

depicted as a man with the head of a ram. In Chinese Buddhism, the ram was one of the animals that attended the birth of Buddha and is honored by being ...

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming ... same institution, but were split after the Chinese Civil War. ...

pressure from the expansion of the Han Chinese, the Tai began to migrate ... the sixth and ninth centuries C.E. Buddhism was introduced into the ...

house with a golden seal bearing the Chinese character for Raku. Chojiro ... Japan, is rooted in the principle of Zen Buddhism and founded upon the adoration ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM, s=中医学|t=中醫學 ... in the 1950s by the PRC in order to export Chinese medicine; there is no equivalent ...

redemption (Christianity) or liberation (Buddhism). Extreme positions are ... In Chinese thought and culture, there is no notion of sin as it exists ...

developed. During a thousand years of Chinese domination starting in the ... Excavations of Chinese tombs in the area indicate that during the ...

later Mataram kings accepted Mahayana Buddhism. The great Buddhist movements ... Both Muslim traders from India as well as Chinese merchants visited Java during ...

fundamentally opposed to Christianity and Buddhism, the two largest religions ... as a result of the influence of the Chinese Army's five-year occupation ...

The Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang passed through the area around ... After fourteen years, on June 7, 2015, a Chinese adventurist couple ...

in the indications of their support of Buddhism. The Indo-Greek kings seem ... within his realm also had converted to Buddhism: "Here in the ...

members of the brassica genus, such as Chinese cabbage (AA), Cabbage (CC ... Korea's staple crops, starting with Chinese cabbage, the icicle radish ...

(China and Japan, while absorbing Buddhism, were already literate and ... Beyond the logographic Chinese writing, many phonetic scripts are ...

to their degree of distance. Traditional Chinese world maps show China in ... of the world, such as Indian mathematics, Chinese mathematics, and Islamic ...

of Tang (626 – 649), who had ascended the Chinese throne after helping his father to found the Tang dynasty, Gwangjong made a careful study of ...

Takeda Shingen. Shin is the contemporary Chinese pronunciation of the character ... Tiger of Echigo Province." In Chinese mythology, the dragon and ...

The city became a major port under the Chinese Empire. From the beginning ... Beomeosa, is also very important in Korean Buddhism. Dongnae area is ...

traditions: Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. These traditions are intertwined ... The Chinese character for beauty (美) consists of the components ...

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Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir, and the Chinese administered region of Aksai ... center of Hinduism, and later of Buddhism. Since 1947, when Pakistan ...

specification, language code 4 is for the Chinese language. Codes for regional ... *The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. *Four is the sacred number of the ...

contain a record that in 188 the Chinese King Doman presented the ... Shotoku Taishi (574-622 C.E.), introduced Buddhism into Japan and fostered ...

in 1925 to a moderately wealthy family of Chinese-Khmer descent. In 1935, ... Vietnam, the crippled and lame, and ethnic Chinese, Laotians, and Vietnamese ...

in Mandarin), on which the Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周朝) had been founded ... Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism and rebelled against samurai ...

some inscriptions in Old Javanese, and in Chinese records. ... However, the basic outline corresponds with Chinese records that could ...

major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. ... is often part of a repeating pattern. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art ...

Chinese texts from the third century C.E. contain the first records ... the English language was promoted over the Chinese language. ...

including Gestalt psychology and Chinese Medicine. == Holism as a ... A holistic view is also found in Buddhism, Daoism, and other religious ...

one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao (Chinese:苗族) minzu (nationality ... Usage of the term "Miao" in Chinese documents dates back ...

its grip on China, integrated with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height ... The Qing Dynasty was founded not by the Han Chinese, who form the ...

teachings derived from yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, as well as Hindu beliefs ... of bad karma. However, unlike traditional Buddhism, the group also aimed to ...

the Yi Dynasty, Confucianism ascended and Buddhism fell into disfavor in Korea ... from granite. Although the Indian and Chinese influences are pronounced ...

The design of Ise Shrine precedes the introduction of Buddhism and Chinese influence on architecture, so that it offers an intriguing example ...

for meat (despite being protected under Chinese law)—which is their most ... honored by the families they are part of. Buddhism encourages respect for animals. ...

The religions of Indian and Chinese origin have traditionally been quite accommodating when it comes to the issue of inter-religious relations ...

by integrating Confucian ethics and Zen Buddhism, which played an important ... During the thirteenth century, Zen Buddhism spread among samurai and ...

Basho, drawing on his own studies of Zen Buddhism, revolutionized haiku by ... references to Confucius, Saigyō, ancient Chinese poetry, and even The Tale ...

art is associated with the spread of Buddhism in the seventh and eighth ... eighth centuries C.E. in connection with Buddhism. In the ninth century, as ...

British model was introduced. The local Chinese population had little contact ... arrived as refugees from the ongoing Chinese Civil War. With the proclamation ...

, in the hope of promoting trade with Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝) China. Kiyomori called for the arrest of Mochihito, who on the fifteenth day of June ...

The rest of the population of Belize is Chinese, East Indian, and North American. ... Creole, Maya, Mestizo, East Indian, Chinese, and Garifuna. Among its ...

are allowed to return to work afterward. Buddhism practices a tradition similar ... Lord's Day on Sunday. The primarily Chinese True Jesus Church also supports ...

(1350 – 1767) periods, had developed. Buddhism was the primary theme of ... (1350 – 1767) periods, had developed. Buddhism was the primary theme of ...

because some historians consider it a Chinese occupation while others ... In 939 C.E., the Vietnamese defeated Chinese forces at the Battle ...

conflict with the Eastern Mongols, the Chinese and their successor, the ... of Europe whose national religion is Buddhism, which they embraced in ...

The origins of Brunei are only dimly known. Chinese and Arabic records ... China and died there. At that time, the Chinese admiral Zheng He described ...

decent). Another one percent is ethnically Chinese. In addition, there are ... have sprung up—the most popular being Buddhism (due to a growing Chinese ...

labor, the British brought in Indian and Chinese indentured servants in the ... second largest ethnic group, followed by Chinese, European, and Arab (primarily ...

state he organized. He is cited in Chinese history as one of the greatest ... remained the dominant thought in Chinese government until the overthrow ...

figure, the Mahdi. In some lineages of Buddhism, Maitreya Buddha is expected ... " The Taiping Rebellion mobilized Chinese resentment against European ...

the political structure of Goryeo, but Buddhism also exerted a powerful ... Further disruptions were caused by the troops of the Chinese Red Turban ...

*Kenchoji Temple – Founded in 1253, Kenchoji highlights a Chinese ... *Payne, Richard Karl. 1998. Re-visioning "Kamakura" Buddhism ...

Tiger bones and nearly all body parts are used in traditional Chinese ... of the tigers killed provide stock for Chinese pharmacies. Also, the tigers ...

Buddhism arrived from India in the third century B.C.E., brought by ... has studied documentation that shows Chinese admiral Zheng He and his ...

The Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang, who spent several months in Kanchipuram ... many religious faiths, including Buddhism. The Buddhist work Milinda ...

B.C.E., prior to and during the rise of Buddhism in India. They represent ... and new schools of thought such as Buddhism and Jainism emerged and ...

Chinese theater has a long and complex history. Today it is often ... over 1400 works, which are based on Chinese history, folklore, and, ...

to be written as three lines in Roman and Chinese numerals. This was the way ... *Buddhism's three refuges are called "Trisharana:" ...

Greek religion, as well as Hinduism and Chinese folk religion. ... quot; of the West, the transmission of Buddhism to East Asia along the Silk ...

kingdom and later a thriving center of Buddhism, is located towards the ... In his memoirs on India, Huien Tsang, the Chinese chronicler who traveled ...

first written records of Japan appear in Chinese history texts from the first ... culture based upon Confucianism and Buddhism with China and Korea, Japan ...

in English. Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism represent the majority religions ... the Guru blessed the land, introduced Buddhism to Sikkim, and foretold ...

of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient Judaism. ... China, Weber focused on those aspects of Chinese society that were different ...

frontier in the north with the invading Chinese army of the Qing Dynasty ... to be stopped by negotiation with their Chinese counterparts. The Qing Dynasty ...

Leaves from Strange Literature (1884) and Some Chinese Ghosts (1887). He wrote articles on a wide variety of subjects, including science, Buddhism, ...

The highest peaks are in the Kakshaal-Too range, forming the Chinese ... of a civilization in the area appear in Chinese chronicles beginning about ...

#039;s interest in Eastern religion and Chinese philosophy, following a ... Gaienhofen was also the place where Hesse's interest in Buddhism ...

Philosophy has had a tremendous effect on Chinese civilization, and ... Of all the Chinese philosophies, however, it is quite safe to say ...

as one of the greatest proselytizers of Buddhism, which spread in the region ... and is believed to have been a convert to Buddhism. His territories covered ...

Weilue, 魏略 by Yu Huan, 魚豢: A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 C.E.] University of Washington - Walter Chapin Simpson ...

“religion is about God” will not do. Buddhism is generally recognized ... , Smart allows for the inclusion of Buddhism. By adding the commitment ...

(PRC) officially, often called China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; ... dating back more than six millennia. The Chinese Civil War resulted in a ...

In Chinese mythology, they believed that the world at one time had ... In Buddhism, the Dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) Mahakala is ...

Since the Han Dynasty, technically, Chinese men could have only one ... steps of learning for personal growth. The Chinese culture of Confucianism ...

initials of the astronomer Percival Lowell. In the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the name was translated as “underworld king star,” suggested ...

leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism by the Mongolian emperor ... attempts have thus been made to describe Chinese historical periods in Marxist ...

confederation under the patronage of the Chinese imperial dynasty until they ... khan of the Kerait and better known by the Chinese title Ong Khan (or "Wang ...

religion and smaller communities practice Buddhism and Christianity. There ... variants, a large variety in Western and Chinese cuisine are served at numerous ...

has come to be referred to as "the Chinese room argument," John ... a book that designates a combination of Chinese symbols to be output paired ...

The British also brought in Indian and Chinese indentured servants in the ... on the Island are: East Indian, White, Chinese, and Mixed race. Immigrants ...

jpg|thumb|right|250px|1921 photograph of Chinese Maritime Officers with 300lbs ... of the drug increased five-fold. The Chinese government attempted to ...

The Chinese were the second group of immigrants to arrive after the ... Protestants, Catholics and Mormons. Buddhism is the second most popular ...

(spirits) worshiped in Myanmar in addition to Buddhism. ... both cities. In 1563, he conquered the Chinese Shans of Mong Mao. ...

According to some accounts, traders from the court of the Chinese ... Greeks as well as Romans, Jews, Arabs, and Chinese since ancient times. ...

the major religion, followed by Buddhism. Christians and Muslims ... of traditional Indian, continental and Chinese cuisines to cater to the ...

writes the name of the dead in hanja, or Chinese characters. As hardly anyone ... whereas Korean women, following the Chinese practice, retain their original ...

control of Taiwan. The resumption of the Chinese Civil War led to the loss ... state actor, often under the name "Chinese Taipei." Domestically ...

ago from Africa. Early evidence for proto-Chinese rice paddy agriculture is ... Turtle shells with markings reminiscent of ancient Chinese writing ...

growing suspicion of four hundred millions of Chinese-upon whom depends the danger or safety of the Far East-besides strengthening the hatred of Japan ...

official language. The remainder include Chinese one percent, Vietnamese ... The Khmer Rouge suppressed Theravada Buddhism but it has since experienced ...

non-Christian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and others accessible to ... the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism ...

in India. Mahadevi was greatly influenced by Buddhism. ====Advocate==== ... वर्मा,"] (That Chinese Brother) abhivyakti-hindi.org. ...

in all major religions including Hinduism and Buddhism. ... and Destroyer (see below). Mahayana Buddhism developed the doctrine of ...

The Chinese emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty oversaw the compilation of the Yongle Encyclopedia, one of the largest encyclopedias in history ...

Around 500 C.E., the main religion in Bali was Buddhism. This is confirmed by the Chinese scholar Yi-Tsing who reported visiting a Buddhist country ...

The first recorded evidence of induced abortion is from a Chinese ... jp/nfile/2226 Mizuko kuyō and Japanese Buddhism], Japanese Journal of Religious ...

on a pair of male lovers, Qing Dynasty. Chinese Sexual Culture Museum in ... not identities. In more recent times, the Chinese society adopted the term ...

"Compassion" (karuna) in Buddhism is similar to agape love; ... passion of romance cools. Religions like Buddhism and Roman Catholicism regard ...

writing in Japanese as opposed to the official Chinese was considered a mark of sincerity. This was addressed to Go-Toba, who relented at this appeal ...

South Korea, and then pursued them to the Chinese border. After he advocated ... Japanese religions of Shinto and Buddhism; he was strongly endorsed ...

area around Via Paolo Sarpi, by a group of Chinese people from Zejiang, greatly ... Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Protestantism. Milan has its own historic ...

percent, followed by Japanese at 5 percent, and Chinese at 2.6 percent. Hawaiian Pidgin is an unofficial language. Sixty-eight percent of Hawaiians ...

Roberts, "Introduction," xviii, Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies ... in his collection, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (published posthumously ...

Protestant 8 percent, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhism 1.2 percent, Jewish ... common languages spoken are Portuguese, Chinese, German and French depending ...

Hiuen-Tsiang, a Chinese traveller had visited the court of Pulakesi ... cheerful disposition after his defeat. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsiang also ...

Chinese art has a long history of varied styles and emphases. In ancient ... To do this, according to Chinese theory, the artist needs to go through ...

its considerable population of people of Chinese origin. Many Chinese immigrated ... , the Bahá'í Faith (1.2 percent), Buddhism (at least 1 percent), Greek ...

in various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism ... Ethics and Virtue Ethics." Journal of Chinese Philosophy 28: 285-300. ...

and Greek thought. Conversely, Chinese society was founded on men like Confucius, Mencius, Han Feizi (Legalism), Lao Tzu (Taoism), and Buddha ...

Coast. The largest of these groups are Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino, in that order. There are also significant populations of Japanese, Vietnamese ...

the name of the city as Zhe-shi. The Chinese chronicles Sujshu, Bejshu, and Tanshu mention a possession called Shi or Zheshi with a capital with ...

the West see deep and profound value in aspects of Chinese, Indian, indigenous peoples’ (traditional) religion, in Sufi Islam. Buddhism, Hinduism, and ...

the Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers ... in the world, with very small numbers of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and ...

Mongolia, and China. The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("hanja ... the Soviet military, with tacit communist Chinese support, but was carried ...

sixteenth century. Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam have consistently ... The ancient Chinese are known to have made sacrifices of young men ...

a liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism primarily, and utilized ... as a liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism, and utilized occasionally ...

(2004). Review of Indian esoteric Buddhism: A social history of the ... *Shen Kuo (1031–1095), a Chinese scientist, statesman, mathematician ...

from Persia frequently traveled to China. Chinese documents report on thirteen ... Persian musicians and dancers to the Chinese imperial court at Luoyang ...

|ethnic_groups = European 64.1%, Maori 16.5%, Chinese 4.9%, Indian ... late 1990s brought adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. ...

herbs. Probably the best preserved Chinese mummy is [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/ways-05.html Lady Dai] from Mawangdui. Researchers were ...

26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary ... farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist ...

Hindus, Buddhists, and observers of traditional Chinese religions. In May 1967, President Sékou Touré ordered that only Guinean nationals be ...

Macau at the end of October, 1939. A joint Chinese-Portuguese embassy sent ... Buddhism was strongly promoted in the area, and certain customs were ...

primary religions of Japan, Shinto and Buddhism. Japanese mythology is a ... both by the Sanskrit epic Ramayana and the Chinese classic The Journey to the West. ...

Timor was incorporated into Chinese and Indian trading networks of the fourteenth century as an exporter of aromatic sandalwood, slaves, honey ...

in the Hoysala territory. The decline of Buddhism in South India began in ... to India including Arabs, Jews, Persians, Chinese and people from the Malay ...

kings patronized Hinduism instead of the Buddhism prevailing at that time. ... the Tashilhunpo Monastery. Alarmed, the Chinese emperor Qianlong dispatched ...

banking, industry, and politics. Asians mostly of Chinese descent, and to a lesser extent Japanese. Korean, Ryukyuan, Filipino and Vietnamese also make ...

in the late 1940s of Daoism and then Zen Buddhism, through Japanese scholar ... John Cage put the influence of Zen Buddhism into practice through ...

an alternative pronunciation for the same Chinese characters representing ... foreign nationalities found in Tokyo are Chinese (120,331), Korean (103,191 ...

community of Japanese, Taiwanese, and Chinese people. The Chinese arrived ... language. Also, due to the arrival of the Chinese in the nineteenth century ...

and Taiwan), and the emerging Indian and Chinese powers. ... see deep and profound value in aspects of Chinese, Indian, indigenous peoples’ ...

pieces are differentiated by size and by Chinese characters painted on their ... The fact that the shogi pieces are differentiated with Chinese characters ...

presence of East Asians, primarily ethnic Chinese and Japanese, as well as ... such as Spiritualism: 2.18 percent, Buddhism: 0.10 percent, Baha’i: ...

occupied by males or females. In Tibetan Buddhism, monasteries are often called ... housed around 15,000 monks prior to the Chinese invasion in 1959. Today ...

as being premature. The 2010 prize awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was viewed negatively in China, with some in the government arguing that ...

Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. ... also important communities of German and Chinese descendants in that region. ...

ancient Indian philosophers, as well as by Chinese scholars. ... to, Brahman, the divine reality. Buddhism attempted to break with ...

and the Tree of Good and Evil. In Buddhism, the Bodhi tree is the one ... were made from an ash and an elm. In Chinese mythology, there is a peach ...

It was there that Peck met Lily Ho, a Chinese student whom he married ... early adulthood. These ranged from Zen Buddhism to Jewish and Muslim mysticism ...

many people; there used to be Greek and Chinese, Egyptian and Persian, Syrian ... the earlier faiths of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism. The Arab victory over the ...

local Malay people in Sulawesi with these Chinese immigrants. At first, the ... and Catholicism), Hinduism, or Buddhism. The Torajan religious belief ...

term foreign residents include 250,000 mainland Chinese, 30,000 Japanese (the largest community in any Asian city outside of Japan), 100,000 Indians ...

of the Manichaean Uigur Kingdom near Turfan, in Chinese Turkestan, and uncovered hundreds of pages of lost Manichaean scriptures, which are now available ...

valued to teachings of ancient Stoicism, Chinese religions, and aspects of ... the world views of Spinoza, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Native American religions ...

of Asian American residents—Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Arab all have large presences in the ...

* Chinese people in Russia * Japanese people in Russia * Russians in Korea == Notes == 2 ==References== * Brun, Michel. 1995. Incident at Sakhalin ...

| Chinese numeral || 七，柒 |- | Devanāgarī || ७ ... *In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth == In the classical ...

establishment of Hinduism. Jainism and Buddhism appeared as well. In the ... Moholo, mentioned by the seventh century Chinese traveler Xuanzang, may be ...

ethnicities, including Scottish and Irish, Chinese, African American, Italian ... Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. In addition to the city ...

Tagore (center, at right) visits with Chinese academics at Tsinghua University ... for peace. His school curriculum drew on Buddhism, Jainism, Chinese religion ...

Wilshire Center and Historic Filipinotown. Chinese people, which make up 1 ... wide variety of faiths, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism ...

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4555235.stm "Chinese ... In February 2005, a joint Chinese-U.S. team of archaeologists reported ...

included learning to read and write the Chinese characters that were used ... period, largely to the exclusion of Buddhism, Christianity, and other ...

in Bhagdad, and by the 12th century Chinese fleets frequented Indian ... and Kambadahalli. The decline of Buddhism in South India had began ...

In Daoism, a religion which has been the creed of most Chinese artists, creativity likewise begins from a low place, the "gate of the subtle ...

Catholic Church, Uniats, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. underwent ... pro-Western and heavily American-assisted Chinese Nationalist Party in the ...

* The Anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886. * The Klondike gold rush, ... The religions of Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Islam all have large ...

an agreement in 1986, was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999. Portugal ... home to less than 10,000 Buddhists, mostly Chinese from Macau and a few Indians ...

centuries. A significant portion of Chinese (Cantonese) immigrants also ... American religion, Hutterite colonies, Buddhism, Baha'i, Islam and ...

towards all living beings. Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism all have sacred ... nature as it is became one of the aims of Chinese painting and was a significant ...

, changes or developments in religion (Buddhism in Burma, Islam in the Dutch ... had obtained through treaties from the Chinese Empire. Like Hong Kong, ...