2018-12-14 隋唐

The Sui (589-617) and especially T'ang (618-906) dynasties, however, brought renewed unity and political strength to China, and in many ways markd a high-water mark in cultural achievement. Under the T'ang, Buddhism reached its peak, esp. Ch'anism. Afterwards, however, Buddhism entered the gradual decline which it has ever since followed; Confucianism, on the contrary, began once more a rise which brought it to eventual supremacy.
隋朝和唐朝在政治上重建了中国的统一，不仅国力得到发展，文化也登上发展的高峰。在唐代，佛教，特别是禅宗获得空前的发展。自此之后，佛家在中国渐趋没落。另一方面，儒家却再度兴起，并为其在思想界重新占领主导的地位打下了基础。