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Chinese Buddhism
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Historical Transmission and Early Phases
Buddhism first entered China via the Silk Road during the 1st century CE. Initial translation efforts were largely focused on monastic practice manuals and early Abhidharma texts, often resulting in texts that were linguistically dense and doctrinally fragmented for the Han populace.
The Three Ages of Translation