Beginnings of Buddhism
Buddhism in China and Japan
- AD 25: Buddhism introduced to China: Later Han Dynasty
- 399-414: Fa-hsien travels to India
- 476-542: T'an-luan is first master of the Pure Land School
- 538-597: Chih-i organizes the T-ien-t'ai School
- 574-622: Prince Shotuku, the "founder" of Buddhism in Japan
- c. 675: Development of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism
- 868: The oldest printed book in the world: a Chinese translation of the Diamond-Cutter Sutra
- 1200: Zen Buddhism (Ch'an) introduced to Japan. Japan Chronology
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