Chinese Buddhism
E118156
Chinese Buddhism is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, where Indian Buddhist teachings were integrated with indigenous philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, profoundly shaping Chinese religion, ethics, art, and culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese Buddhism canonical | 43 |
| Chinese Mahayana Buddhism | 2 |
| Han Chinese Buddhism | 2 |
| Chinese Buddhist grotto tradition | 1 |
| 汉传佛教 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1007427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Chinese Buddhism Context triple: [Confucianism, sharesCulturalContextWith, Chinese Buddhism]
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A.
Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
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B.
Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism is a devotional branch of Mahayana Buddhism centered on faith in Amitābha Buddha and rebirth in his Western Pure Land as a path to enlightenment.
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C.
Tendai Buddhism
Tendai Buddhism is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emerged in the Heian period, known for its inclusive doctrine centered on the Lotus Sutra and its significant influence on later Japanese Buddhist traditions.
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D.
Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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E.
Shingon Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism is a major esoteric school of Japanese Buddhism, founded by Kūkai, that emphasizes mystical rituals, mantras, and mandalas to achieve enlightenment in this very life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Chinese Buddhism Target entity description: Chinese Buddhism is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, where Indian Buddhist teachings were integrated with indigenous philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, profoundly shaping Chinese religion, ethics, art, and culture.
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A.
Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
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B.
Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism is a devotional branch of Mahayana Buddhism centered on faith in Amitābha Buddha and rebirth in his Western Pure Land as a path to enlightenment.
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C.
Tendai Buddhism
Tendai Buddhism is a major Japanese Buddhist school that emerged in the Heian period, known for its inclusive doctrine centered on the Lotus Sutra and its significant influence on later Japanese Buddhist traditions.
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D.
Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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E.
Shingon Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism is a major esoteric school of Japanese Buddhism, founded by Kūkai, that emphasizes mystical rituals, mantras, and mandalas to achieve enlightenment in this very life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
form of Buddhism ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Confucianism
ⓘ
Daoism ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Silk Road cultural sphere
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
|
| hasArtForm |
Buddhist painting
ⓘ
Buddhist sculpture ⓘ cave temples ⓘ pagoda architecture ⓘ |
| hasBodhisattva |
Guanyin
ⓘ
Ksitigarbha ⓘ Manjushri ⓘ Samantabhadra ⓘ |
| hasCenter |
Mount Emei
ⓘ
Mount Jiuhua ⓘ Mount Putuo ⓘ Mount Wutai ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Amitābha Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Amitabha Buddha
Maitreya ⓘ
surface form:
Maitreya Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ |
| hasEthicalCode |
Bodhisattva precepts
ⓘ
Five Precepts ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Laba Festival
ⓘ
Ullambana Festival ⓘ Vesak ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
monasteries
ⓘ
nunneries ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
Bodhisattva ideal
ⓘ
Buddha-nature is inherent in all beings ⓘ
surface form:
Buddha-nature
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ karma ⓘ nirvana ⓘ rebirth ⓘ |
| hasModernMovement |
Buddhist modernism
ⓘ
surface form:
Humanistic Buddhism
|
| hasMonasticCode | Dharmaguptaka Vinaya ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Indian Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
almsgiving
ⓘ
chanting ⓘ meditation ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ sutra recitation ⓘ veneration of Buddhas and bodhisattvas ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
ancestor rituals
ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ ordination ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasSchool |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Yogācāra ⓘ
surface form:
Faxiang (Yogācāra) school
Huayan / Kegon ⓘ
surface form:
Huayan school
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Madhyamaka ⓘ
surface form:
Sanlun (Madhyamaka) school
Tiantai school ⓘ Vinaya school ⓘ |
| hasScripture |
Chinese Buddhist Canon
ⓘ
Tripitaka in Chinese translation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Han dynasty
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Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
surface form:
Six Dynasties period
Song dynasty ⓘ Sui dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese art
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Chinese ethics ⓘ Chinese literature ⓘ Chinese philosophy ⓘ Chinese religion ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese folk religion
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Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
surface form:
Daoism
|
| patronizedBy |
Emperor of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese emperors
|
| transmittedTo |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
Classical Chinese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Chinese Buddhism Description of subject: Chinese Buddhism is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, where Indian Buddhist teachings were integrated with indigenous philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, profoundly shaping Chinese religion, ethics, art, and culture.
Referenced by (49)
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