Download Taoism and Confucianism Timeline


Timeline
1122–221 BCE
551–479 BCE
372–289 BCE
221–206 BCE
136 BCE
24–220 CE
372
404
440
918–1392
932
1019
1127–1279
1130–1200
1313
1403–25
1392–1910
1472–1529
1917
1947
1966–76
1973–74
1986
Zhou Dynasty in China
Life of Confucius
Life of Mencius
Qin Dynasty in China; Legalism adopted as state ideology;
Confucianism persecuted
Han emperor Wu decrees that Confucian Classics be
adopted as the basis for China state examination
Eastern Han Dynasty in China; beginnings of religious
Taoism
King Sosurim of Koguryo establishes a national academy
for the study of Confucianism on the Korean peninsula
Introduction of Confucianism to Japan
State support of Taoism
Koryo Dynasty in Korea; establishment of civil examination following Chinese model
Printing of Confucian Classics in China
State-sponsored printing of Taoist scripture
Southern Song Dynasty in China; Neo-Confucianism
revival
Life of Zhu Xi, famous exponent of Neo-Confucianism
Mongol Yuan government adopts civil-service examination
system based on Confucian Classics; Zhu Xi’s system declared state orthodoxy
Reign of Emperor Chengzu; Taoism receives imperial support; compilation of a new Taoist scripture
Yi Dynasty in Korea; Confucianism declared state ideology
Life of Wang Yangming, famous exponent of
Neo-Confucianism
May Fourth Movement begins in China; some attempt to
eradicate Confucianism
Communist Revolution in China led by Mao Zedong; Nationalists defeated, with some escaping to Taiwan; beginning of religious persecution in mainland China
Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China; widespread religious
persecution and destruction of religious sites
Anti-Confucius campaign in China
Chinese government allows annual sacrifice to Confucius
to be performed
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Charles E. Farhadian, Introducing World Religions. Published by Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
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