Buddhism and Society During the Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern Dynasties

This book is based on historical documents, makes full use of relevant unearthed cultural relics research results and domestic and overseas research information, and examines the sinicization of Buddhism in the 4th to 6th centuries together with the great integration of ethnic groups. In particular, it treats the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties as a complete historical era, comprehensively sorting out Buddhism and minority nationalities during the Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern Dynasties period. The deep interactive relationship between ethnic groups and the culture and social structure of the Central Xia Dynasty presents the dialectical relationship between the historical inevitability and contingency of ethnic integration and cultural integration, and believes that Sinicized Buddhism played a role as a cultural intermediary and civilizational link in the great ethnic integration, cultural integration, and the reunification of China at that time.