Question

What statement explains the bureaucratic view of Buddhism during the Tang dynasty?

• A. Buddhism provided the society with a means of appeasing the poorer peasant classes because, unlike Confucianism, it was egalitarian.
• B. Buddhism was a threat to the power of the Confucian bureaucracy because it offered an alternative social organization.
• C. Buddhism was not recognized as an issue for the bureaucracy because it was a religion that did not address political issues.
• D. Buddhism was seen as a challenge to the Confucian religious beliefs held by many in the bureaucracy.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Buddhism was a threat to the power of the Confucian bureaucracy because it offered an alternative social organization.

Buddhism was a threat to the power of the Confucian bureaucracy because it offered an alternative social organization.