(See the DVD)

Lung Men (or Long Men) Caves: (Read Chen, p. 170-176)

Yun GangCaves:

1. The dialogue between Confucianism and Buddhism (De Bary, p. 132-138):

1.1. Buddhism attracted Chinese because of its Metaphysics:

1.1.1. Confucianism deals with the problems in present.

1.1.2. Buddhism deals with the truth of realty.

 

1.2. Confucianism questions Buddhist faith:

1.2.1.The third party, Mou Zi (Mou Tuz) is involved to mediate the dispute between Confucianism and Buddhism:

Mou Zi: A Chinese logician.

1.2.2. Confucianists’ questions:

Why is Buddhism not mentioned in the Chinese Classics?

Why do Buddhist monks do injury to their bodies?

Why do monks not marry?

How can Chinese believe Buddhist doctrine of death and rebirth?

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1.3. The main differences between Confucianism and Buddhism:

1.3.1. Filial Piety

1.3.2. Self

1.3.3. Present life and Death:

2. The debate between Daoism and Buddhism (Chen, p. 184):

Whether did Lao Zi (Lao Tzu) become the Buddha after he disappeared beyond the western passes?

 

3.1. The supporting from emperor Liang Wu in Liang dynasty (before Sui dynasty) let Buddhism highly developed in the Southern China.

3.2. Emperor Wen (Yang Chien) in Sui dynasty tried to unite the Northern Buddhism and Southern Buddhism.

3.3. Emperors Tai Tsung and Kao Tsung’s attitude toward Buddhism in early Tang dynasty:

3.3.1. He believed that he is Lao Zi’s offspring and stated that the stability of the empire rested on the merits of wu-wei.

3.3.2. Tai Tsung’s police to Buddhist: unfriendly.

3.4. Empress Wu Chao’s support of Buddhism:

3.4.1. Reasons: The Confucian system does not permit women to assume political control of the state. She needs to seek justification for her acts outside the Confucian classics.

3.4.2.The Mahayana sutras, Dharmakshema, chapter four and six record that Buddha had conversations with a female divinity and an India girl.

3.4.3. Buddhism flourished during the years 685-705 under her leadership.

4. Chinese royal family and Tibetan Buddhism:

4.1. Princess Wen Cheng married Tibetan King: 

http://www.csupomona.edu/~zding/photo/indexphoto.htm

http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/terms/music.htm

5. Buddhism and Tang poems

Li Bo’s Daosit poems:

Du Pu and Bei Juyi’s Confucianist poems

Wang Wei’s Chan poems:

(http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese/frame.htm)