Why didn't any of the world's three major religions originate in China and all of them were introduced to China? Are foreign teachers alienating us, or are we assimilating foreign teachers? thought-pr

Why didn't any of the world's three major religions originate in China and all of them were introduced to China? Are foreign teachers alienating us, or are we assimilating foreign teachers? thought-provoking Because China's indigenous religion is not strictly a religion. For example, Confucianism and Taoism (provided that you think what Bonzi said is wrong) belong to materialism, and the world outlook is to believe that the world is run by various laws, which is the so-called "Tao". Not guided by some supernatural will. Therefore, even fortune-telling and praying for blessings does not depend on worshipping religious idols, but on specific ways and means (even if there is no scientific basis) to change the future. Such as feng shui, fortune telling and so on. In essence, the so-called "idolatry" of Confucianism and Taoism is only a kind of worship for those who create their own theories, rather than absolute trust in God in the western sense. The restraint of these two schools on human behavior is not achieved through fear of God, but through shame.

Therefore, it is better to say that China has local ideas than China has no local religion, but there is no local worship religion.

In fact, when the three major religions were introduced into China, Buddhism was the most reformed. Because many of the earliest Buddhist customs are in conflict with the customs of the Central Plains civilization, such as shaving one's head and becoming a monk, it was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that a monk who studied Confucianism and Taoism combined the theories of Taoism and Confucianism, boldly practiced Buddhism with China characteristics in China, and translated a large number of Buddhist scriptures according to his own understanding of Buddhism, which improved or even deleted many viewpoints in Buddhism that were in conflict with China tradition. Therefore, Buddhism has gradually become one of the important religions in China.

Islam entered China through war and trade. The ancient Silk Road was reached by Persian merchants through grasslands in Central Asia and deserts in Xinjiang. It also brought Islam. But before the Tang Dynasty, the influence of Islam on China was almost zero. The first decisive influence on China and even the world was a war between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire in Central Asia. Tang Jun had 80,000 troops against the Arab army of 20,000, and Tang Jun was defeated because the equipment was not as good as the cavalry of the Arab Empire. This war is called one of the top ten wars that changed human history. The reason is that among the 5,000 captured Tang Jun soldiers, one can make gunpowder and the other can make paper, bringing these two key technologies to the Islamic world. Moreover, this war changed Central Asia from the original Chinese-speaking area to the Arabic-speaking area. With the conversion of Central Asia to Islam, a large number of Central Asians moved to Xinjiang and then entered the Central Plains through the Silk Road. However, due to the strict precepts of Islam and the absence of Chinese Islamic masters, the change is very small.

Finally, talk about Christianity. Christianity has been in trouble since it was introduced into China in the Tang Dynasty. The dilemma is not that China people don't believe it, but that Christianity has too many basic requirements that conflict with China tradition. For example, people who believe in Jesus can be saved, but those who don't believe in Jesus can't be saved, which makes many people don't believe it, because their ancestors didn't believe it ~ ~ Also, Christianity opposed other idolatry, and ancestor worship in China was a great event ~ ~ Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, famous missionaries immediately detained them and started the Christian project in China. With the development of Protestantism in Europe, Christianity itself has become more and more simple and respected local customs. This has enabled Christianity to flourish in China in the past century.

The prosperity of religious belief in China is not a shameful thing, but shows the cultural tolerance of China. If you look at the Middle East, you will know that Christians, Jews and Muslims have been in constant conflict. But in China, it can exist peacefully. In fact, China's culture is diverse and complicated. Some are alienated by foreign teachers, and some are assimilated by foreign teachers. Don't forget, when we were in the Tang Dynasty, like the United States now, we were all immigrants ~ ~ Li Bai was a Kazakh, and Li Shimin's mother was a Xianbei with a lonely surname. At that time, the foreign population in China accounted for nearly 40% of the total population ~ ~ So ~ ~ I understand ~ ~ We are the final product of the long-term development of immigrant countries. Culturally, of course, it is much more complicated ~ ~