Researching the Sinicization of Zoroastrianism:Focusing on the Tombs of Sogdians in China
Zoroastrianism,the native religion of the Sogdians,was introduced into China along with the business and immigration of Sogdian merchants during the Han and the Tang Dynasties.After its introduction,Zoroastrianism is gradually Sinicized on the basis of Confucianism,Buddhism,and Taoism,as well as the folk beliefs and the traditional Chinese culture.It absorbed the Confucian ideas of filial piety,benevolence,integrity,women's virtues,and loyalty,as well as integrated with the six classics and the ritual education,highlighting the career path of becoming a general or official through the Imperial Examinations;It ac-cepted the Buddhist doctrines such as the cycle of life and death and other ideas;It also borrowed the image of Laozi of Daoism when depicting Zoroastrian deities,and was full of longing for Daoism tranquility and landscapes.Meanwhile,it also integrated into itself the folk beliefs and traditional culture of the central China.The signs of its sinicization are rather distinctive in the tombs of the Sogdians who entered China in the mediaeval times.After that the religion was gradually assimilated into the China culture and eventually disappeared.
ZoroastrianismSinicizationrelationship between Confucianism,Buddhism,and TaoismSogdian tombs in China
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