GCU 114 Lecture : Theses-Topics #5.doc
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Buddhism was never fully eradicated and was always present. After tang support of buddhism for years, the confucianist elites were upset at buddhist monks not paying taxes and believed that buddhism undermined family values (women could participate in politics). Then the yuan demoted confucianism and many men became merchants. After that the ming tried to bring it back. Can use song neo-confucianism as part of continuity, even when confucianism was wanted by people it was tied in with buddhism. Tang buddhism 600-800 > tang confucianism (persecution of buddhism) 800-900 > song neo- Confucianism 960-1279> yuan demotion of confucianism (possibly accepted buddhism) 126> Buddhism was never fully eradicated and always bounced back. Tang was the center of mahayana buddhist ideas and vietnam, korea came to the tang for new ideas. The tang elites eventually were unhappy (look above). They tried to get rid of buddhism by burning monasteries and such, but it still lasted.
