Relationship of Buddhism with the Tang Government

Since Buddhism was introduced to China, people did not accept it well because of their confrontation between foreign beliefs and existing Confucianism and Taoism principles. The most important thing is that it was alienated by the Confucian government in the late Han dynasty. After all, Buddhism was not an ordinary Chinese religion at first. But all these changed after the emergence of the Tang Dynasty. There is no doubt that a significant symbiotic relationship has been formed between Buddhism and the Tang administration in the reign of Wu Emperor.

Religion has always influenced personal views and governments, but it can be clearly seen in Buddhism and the Tang dynasty. Before Buddhism was introduced to China, the traditional Chinese religion was Confucianism and most people followed strictly Confucian rules and principles. When Buddhism was introduced, everyone had a unique view on the influence of religion on Buddhism and the government. - ... Augustus strengthened the political organization of Rome through law amendment and tax reform, protected the borders and started construction of a project like Colosseum (Emmons, "Roman Empire"). In addition, Augustus established roads, police, fire and courier systems and permanent military networks. Rome has prospered in terms of culture, economy and architecture. Empire has reached its highest under the rule of Emperor Trajan

In the Tang Dynasty, Xi'an became the capital of the Tang Empire, Buddhism taught by Western tourists was rebuilt into the Empire and became a major religion. West Asian monks taught Mayanna Buddhism developed there for centuries before the northern part of India. They traveled east along the Silk Road, settled in Xi'an and taught. Many temples were built, but at that time Qinglongji was considered relatively small and not important, but it is said that monks had little influence on Tang Dynasty and later Buddhism

The Buddhism of Buddhism and Tang Dynasty came to the heyday of Tang Dynasty. The teachings were refined. The school has expanded. The worship of Netland School and Amitabha became common. Many emperors of the Tang dynasty are Buddhists, or at least nominally beneficial for Buddhism. Among the great Chinese poets at this time there were monks. Many monks and pilgrims in India and Central Asia came to China to teach. Chinese pilgrims were sent to India to study Buddhism. Since Buddhist philosophy is accompanied by Indian astronomy, mathematics, medicine and philosophy, Indian philosophy has made great progress. Chen (a combination of Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism born in Japan) is mainstream. There were Mazu Daoyi, Baizhang, Huang Boxi in the famous Zen priest of the Tang Dynasty. Pure local Buddhism started by the Chinese monk Huiyuan (334-416) is also very popular. Integration with Zen after Tang Dynasty