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The 32 pages that link to Chinese Buddhism, each with the reason it gives.

• Tibetan BuddhismCompared with: It provides a nearby Mahāyāna comparison with different canonical, ritual, and institutional histories.

• MahayanaBroader topic: Chinese institutions and translators shaped major East Asian forms of Mahayana.

• Buddhism in JapanRelated: Chinese texts, teachers, and institutions shaped early Japanese Buddhist schools.

• Chan BuddhismNarrower topic: Chan became one of the most influential schools within this larger tradition.

• Dunhuang manuscriptsRelated: Buddhist scriptures and ritual texts make up a major part of the cache.

• AtishaCompared with: Atisha’s Tibetan transmission followed Indian lineages rather than the Chinese Buddhist traditions debated in Tibet.

• LuoyangRelated: Luoyang became an early center for translation, temples, and imperial support.

• Northern and Southern DynastiesRelated: Competing courts sponsored translation, temples, and communities that shaped its later development.

• Jin dynasty (266–420)Related: Jin-era migration and patronage helped Buddhism take root in southern elite culture.

• DhyanaRelated: Chinese translations and traditions carried dhyāna into the Chan lineage.

• SinosphereBroader topic: Its institutions and texts helped carry Buddhism from China into neighboring societies.

• Dream of the Red ChamberRelated: Buddhist ideas of illusion and release inform the novel’s framing of worldly attachment.

• Liu Song dynastyRelated: Liu Song patronage and translation activity formed part of Buddhism’s expansion in the south.

• PagodaRelated: Chinese Buddhist communities transformed the stupa into a tall, roofed tower form.

• Silk Road transmission of BuddhismBroader topic: It grew from imported teachings adapted to Chinese languages, institutions, and intellectual traditions.

• Mount WutaiNarrower topic: Mount Wutai became one of its most influential sacred landscapes.

• Ancestor worship in ChinaCompared with: Buddhist teachings and rituals offer distinct accounts of death, rebirth, and aid to the dead.

• GuanyinRelated: Chinese Buddhist practice shaped Guanyin’s devotional forms and feminine imagery.

• ŚāntarakṣitaCompared with: Accounts of the Samye Debate contrasted Indian scholastic methods with a Chinese Chan position.

• Chinese cultureBroader topic: Its adaptation shows how an imported religion became part of Chinese religious and artistic life.

• DharmaguptakaRelated: Chinese translation and institutions made the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya a durable ordination standard.

• Eastern JinRelated: Eastern Jin-era migration and patronage helped Buddhist communities grow in southern China.

• Xiong ShiliNarrower topic: Xiong’s early Buddhist study and later criticism belong to this broader intellectual history.

• FanjingshanNarrower topic: The mountain’s temples and pilgrimage traditions belong to this broader religious history.

• Mount JiuhuaNarrower topic: Jiuhua’s temples and practices form part of China’s distinctive Buddhist history.

• XuanxueRelated: Xuanxue concepts supplied terms through which some early Chinese readers approached Buddhist teachings.

• ZhiyiNarrower topic: Zhiyi’s synthesis became one of its major indigenous doctrinal systems.

• History of TaoismCompared with: Competition and exchange with Buddhism repeatedly reshaped Taoist scriptures and religious institutions.

• Mou Tsung-sanRelated: Mou drew on Chinese Buddhist theories of mind and reality to frame questions of moral awareness.

• Religion in ChinaBroader topic: Its schools and temples became major parts of China’s religious life.

• Samatha-vipassanāNarrower topic: Its meditation traditions developed distinct ways of integrating calming and contemplation.

• Yulanpen SutraNarrower topic: The sutra exemplifies the adaptation of Buddhist ideas to Chinese family values.