Sinifcation Of Buddhism And Dao An Monk Groups During 379 C.E. (Common Era)

By reviewing the history of Buddhism from 1st -5th Century,almost 400 years of the gradual evolution and revolution,different types of Buddhism were sinificated during that period.History called for blending between East and West.Buddhism,as a religion and unique culture,has inevitably been integrated into Chinese culture thus the sinificated Buddhism was incepted.Before the sinificated Buddhism was formed,Buddhism,like a seed carried everywhere,in the form of monastery,sorcery,and the metaphysics,was kept as a gift. The Chinese monks did not develop their own disciplines and theories about Buddhism; neither did the scholars truly understand the relationship between Buddhism and metaphysics.Government authorities used Buddhism as the theoretic basis for politics, while the civilians regarded it as superior lifestyle.All of them were not considered to be real "Buddhism" until the sinificated Buddhism was born,which clarified and cleared up all the confusions.That marked the "official" introduction of Buddhism.So, how did Buddhism develop? What's the significance of the year of 379 C.E to the Buddhism history? How about the role of heavy-warred town-Xiang Yang,and contribution of master Dao An,regarded as the father of Buddhism and his groups to Buddhism history? The year of 379 C.E.marked unprecedented critical development for sinificated Buddhism.So,my dissertation is divided into four parts:Partâ… .:PrefacePartâ…¡:This part describes the independent act by Dao An monk groups and is based upon the history of Buddhism during Three Dynasty period and its dynastic histories.I also described and demonstrated how master Dao An had fell back on potentate,detached the members of monk group,cultivated the talents,and such historical events has fully prepared for the inception of sinificated Buddhism.Partâ…¢:This part focuses on the scholastic activities engaged by Dao An Monk groups and describes how they performed their research,gathered,categorized and interpreted the information,in addition to how they impelled the development by incorporating the Buddhistic theories and disciplines from that period.This achievement has been an important momentum for later systematic Buddhism.Partâ…£:How did Dao An Monk groups gain the trust and acceptance from the civilians? This part is based on some of the historical biography of the Buddhist during 379 C.E.It has proved the welcoming attitudes towards Buddhism by the entire society then.Partâ…¤:Conclusion...