Art 173
Oct 17 Buddhism Arrives in China

Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE)
Period of Division (220 – 581 CE)
Tang Dynasty (618 -907 CE)

Daoist Paradises
Penglai (eastern island paradise)
Western Paradise of Queen Mother of the West

Confucianism (see handout from Oct. 15)

Mahao Cave (late Han)

Transmission of Buddhism across Trade Routes of Central Asia
            Bamiyan 4-5 c. CE (in Afghanistan)
Dunhuang (in Western China)
            Cave 285 (dated 538-9) and Cave 45 (8th c., Tang)
Mahayana Buddhism
Amitabha
Lotus Sutra
Bodhisattva
Guanyin (Boddhisattva Regarder of Cries of the World)