Quest for cultural identity
China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-09 07:47
Emperor Han Wudi (141-86 BC) of the Han Dynasty (206 BC- AD 220) chose Confucianism as the dominant ideology to govern the country.
The doctrine came under the influence of Buddhism, which entered China in AD 67, but retained its pre-dominance over the centuries until the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when the school of Neo-Confucians led by scholar Zhu Xi gave it a new interpretation.
The Neo-Confucians combined Confucianism with Taoist and Buddhist ideas to create a more complete methodology.
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