As Buddhism spread from India to China beginning the first century C.E., it was met with many mixed responses. Many Chinese accepted Buddhism and defended it’s policies while others scrutinized its absence from past texts for political and social problems. However, others remained neutral wishing to meld the aspects of the belief system in china to create a unique Chinese culture.
Documents 4 and 6 scrutinize and discourage the spread of Buddhism throughout china while documents 2 and 3 defend and support it. Documents 1 and 5 neither encourage nor discourage the religion’s spread but provide a 3rd perspective on how it should be handled.
Documents 4 and 6 both discourage the spread of Buddhism in china. Document 4 ridicules Buddhism as “a …show more content…
Document 2 speaks of one of the many joys of converting to the Buddhist religion. However, Zhi Dun, the author, was part of the upper class, so his opinion does not tell how the lower class felt. Yet in time of invasion in northern china, Zhi Dun could have bashed Buddhism and claim it as a means of foreign corruption, but he does not. Document 3 counters the scrutiny against Buddhism with pure logic. However, since the author is anonymous, his bias is difficult to determine, yet his profession as a scholar certainly dictates a slight upper-class bias, as in document 2.
Documents 1 and 5 are completely neutral towards Buddhism’s spread throughout china. In document 1 it directly quotes from the Buddhist tradition, laying down the basic principles of the religion and what Buddhist’s everywhere must realize to attain a happy and enlightened life. Since this document is directly from the sacred Buddhist texts, it is certain that Buddhist’s everywhere share that same belief. Document 5 attempts to create a compromise among the conflicts of the belief system in first-century china. Although Zong Mi’s intentions might appear unbiased, he is himself a Buddhist scholar, so his intentions might be an attempt to defend Buddhism.
An addition document that provides either statistics of the converts to Buddhism or from the viewpoint of a commoner would be useful in concluding whether or not the author’s responses towards Buddhism were
Documents 4 and 6 scrutinize and discourage the spread of Buddhism throughout china while documents 2 and 3 defend and support it. Documents 1 and 5 neither encourage nor discourage the religion’s spread but provide a 3rd perspective on how it should be handled.
Documents 4 and 6 both discourage the spread of Buddhism in china. Document 4 ridicules Buddhism as “a …show more content…
Document 2 speaks of one of the many joys of converting to the Buddhist religion. However, Zhi Dun, the author, was part of the upper class, so his opinion does not tell how the lower class felt. Yet in time of invasion in northern china, Zhi Dun could have bashed Buddhism and claim it as a means of foreign corruption, but he does not. Document 3 counters the scrutiny against Buddhism with pure logic. However, since the author is anonymous, his bias is difficult to determine, yet his profession as a scholar certainly dictates a slight upper-class bias, as in document 2.
Documents 1 and 5 are completely neutral towards Buddhism’s spread throughout china. In document 1 it directly quotes from the Buddhist tradition, laying down the basic principles of the religion and what Buddhist’s everywhere must realize to attain a happy and enlightened life. Since this document is directly from the sacred Buddhist texts, it is certain that Buddhist’s everywhere share that same belief. Document 5 attempts to create a compromise among the conflicts of the belief system in first-century china. Although Zong Mi’s intentions might appear unbiased, he is himself a Buddhist scholar, so his intentions might be an attempt to defend Buddhism.
An addition document that provides either statistics of the converts to Buddhism or from the viewpoint of a commoner would be useful in concluding whether or not the author’s responses towards Buddhism were