Buddhism had arrived in China with a comprehensive explanation of the cosmos, complete with the principle of reincarnation—another Vedic concept that had hitched a ride from India. Its Chinese critics lacked an equivalent systematic worldview to offer as an alternative. The Confucian and Taoist traditions provided elaborate descriptions for how the manifest world worked, but they had rarely ventured to describe the ultimate ground of reality.
When buddism brought dualism.neo confucianism
