ABSTRACT
One historian, Lei Haizong, explains that Chinese civilization after AD 383, or the year the Jin army turned back the Tibetan invasion, had become 'Tartar-Buddhist'. Tourists who visit the 'rock temples' at Yungang, Longmen, and Dunhuang are struck by the diffuse manner in which Buddhism penetrated Chinese life. The scope of the influence is so vast that some recent Chinese publications have declared that Buddhism is 'an integral part of Chinese culture'. The renewed interest in Daoism and the infatuation with Buddhism in this age had much to do with the broadening of China's intellectual horizon for centuries to come. For the period of prolonged disunity, the Chinese have found a villain in Cao Cao. In the Chinese theater the prescribed makeup for Professor Qian role has always been a coating of chalk to reflect his treachery and craftiness. Liu Ziye creation inspires a Chinese vision of the lovely young woman on Botticelli's canvas.
