Conflict and Integration of Buddhism and Confucianism and Taoism: Focusing on the Period of the Han and Wei-Jin Dynasties

Author: Peng Ziqiang
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This paper takes the conflict and integration between Buddhism and Confucianism and Taoism during the Han, Wei, and Jin periods as its research subject. In chronological historical order, it aims to clarify the facts of Buddhism's early development in China and its relationship with Confucianism and Taoism, demonstrating how Buddhism gradually shifted from complete dependence on Confucianism and Taoism to autonomously absorbing and utilizing their ideas. This process illustrates Buddhism's characteristic of absorbing and utilizing relevant ideological factors from Confucianism and Taoism while striving to maintain the independence of its intrinsic thoughts and external characteristics, as well as the interactive patterns among Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism during the Han, Wei, and Jin periods.