• Buddhism
    • Reminder that buddhism is not becoming attached to impermanent things and achieving that through meditation
  • Timeline
    • Enters China during the Era of Division
    • Some concepts similar to native Chinese beliefs
    • Popular with nomadic regional rulers
    • Buddhist monasteries control land, wealth, and political influence (kinda like with the Catholic church)
  • Buddhist interpretation of the Emperor's role:
    • To tell others to reach enlightenment
    • Can call on spirits to aid in government
  • Tang Dynasty
    • Empress Wu
      • Buddhist
      • Attempts to establish Buddhism as the state religion
      • Only empress! #badass
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