In the early modern era, as with Europe and the Protestant Reformation, China and India would go through cultural changes. Prior to the changes, China predominantly followed Confucian ideals which it mostly still did by the early modern era. However, it now had influences from Buddhism and Daoism which formed Neo-Confucianism. Religious people such as Buddhists attempted to get more people to convert by telling them they could achieve enlightenment by conducting similar rituals as monks. Certain individuals in a similar way to Martin Luther, would emphasize individuality and that doing the same rituals of the monks isn’t necessary to achieve enlightenment. In addition, the kaozheng movement would spread throughout of China which emphasized
