Three teachings

Among the three teachings refers to the three great doctrines of China, which complement each other, namely, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism.

So was a Chinese official in his official version of course Confucians. He laid emphasis on life-prolonging treatment, he was Daoist and died someone in the family, so he consulted a Buddhist monk, as the Buddhists had the best contact with the afterlife. (三 教 一SANJIAO yī. . ) " The three teachings are one. " However, this is also to be understood from the fact that those in the Ming period: This attitude is reflected in the sentence of a Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty resist three lessons should be organized as an orthodox teachings with the Emperor at the top, and that other groups should be branded as heterodox and dangerous.

Beyond that, the three teachings have influenced each other in China, fertilized and supplemented. Thus, the Chan Buddhism (see also: Japanese Zen) from the discussion of Daoism and Buddhism originated. The religious speculations of Neo-Confucianism took ideas from Buddhism and Daoism. Daoism even developed a school whose aim was to unite the three doctrines: the school of perfect reality, Quanzhen.