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Period: 551 BCE to 478 BCE
Beginnings
Confucius began of Analets -
213 BCE
Burning of books
Emperor orders burning of Confucian books -
Period: 226 to 249
Daoist
Wang Bi introduces Daoist concepts intoConfucian learning -
420
Buddhism
Buddhism begins to enter China -
Period: 1130 to 1200
Founder
Zhu Xi founder of Neo-Confucianism -
Period: 1582 to
Translate
Matteo Ricci translate Confucian classics into Latin -
Religious ceremonies
China became a republic; state religious ceremonies end -
Events
Republican government dismantle many Daoist and Buddhist temples -
Period: to
Life
Five religions achieve toleration in China, but Tibetan Buddhism is tightly controlled