What is the Difference between Buddhist and Neo-Confucian philosophies? What impact might these two philosophies have had on early Chinese society?

Neo-Confucianism is a social and ethical philosophy using metaphysical ideas, some borrowed from Taoism, as its framework, But the spirit of Neo-Confucian rationalism is diametrically opposed to that of Buddhist mysticism.

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

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