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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX Buddhism During The Nara Period 1 From A.d. 621-782 The activities of Kumarajiva seem to have led to the dismemberment of the Mahayana, which, in spite of the variety of doctrines it contained within its ample folds, had hitherto contrived to preserve a united front. The sectarianism of Chinese Buddhism was aided by the distracted state of the Chinese Empire, broken up into many kingdoms, each striving for the mastery; and we have seen some of these rival states casting about for supporters, and trying to enlist sympathy for themselves in the Korean peninsula and in Japan. "We have seen Korea similarly divided into warring kingdoms, some of which--Kudara and Mimana--looked to Japan for aid, while Shiragi, relying on Chinese support from the kingdom of the Wei, boldly resisted Japanese intervention; and Koma, too weak for independent action, sat on a fence and vacillated between Japan and Shiragi, according to the interests of the hour. And, lastly, we have seen Japan under Shotoku Taishi gradually inclining more and more towards a following of China, and taking the Empire of the Sui (590-618) as its model, both in religion and in secular politics. 1 The town of Nara was actually the capital of Japan only from 710 to 784, there having been no definite oapital before that date. But Nara became so distinctly the dominating centre that its name may well be given to the whole period. Shotoku died in 621. Three years before his death, the dynasty of the Sui, in China, with its costly ambition and magnificence, had been obliged to make way for the family of the Tangs, who ruled till 907, and who inaugurated a period of greatness and prosperity such as China had not known since the downfall of the great House of Han in 220 A.d. The...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230299491
- ISBN 13 9781230299495
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages124
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