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Directions:

Read t he T HREE s ample i ntroductory p aragraphs a nd c hoose t he o ne t hat m akes

the m ost s ense t o y ou. Y ou m ay u se o ne o f t hem i n y our e ssay i f y ou h ave n ot b een

able t o c ome u p w ith o ne o f y our o wn. A lso b elow i s a s ample o f a b ody p aragraph.

You m ay u se i t i f i t f its y our e ssay. Y ou s till n eed t o w rite T WO b ody p aragraphs t o

turn i n a c ompleted e ssay.

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DBQ: S pread o f B uddhism i n C hina:

Sample T hesis # 1:

The p eople o f C hina r esponded i n d ifferent w ays t o t he s pread o f B uddhism.

W hile

some d efended t he b elief b ecause i t o ffered t hem c omfort a nd j ustified s orrow

(Docs. 1 a nd 2 ), o thers c riticized i t a s a b arbarian c ult t hat w ould h urt C hinese

society ( Docs. 4 a nd 6 ). S till, o thers t ried t o p lace B uddha o n t he s ame l evel a s

Chinese p hilosophers i n t he h opes t hat a ll t hree c ould c oexist i n C hina ( Docs. 3 a nd

5).

[ Thesis a nd t hree c ategorical a rguments a re m eshed i nto o ne.]

Sample T hesis # 2:

Responses t o t he s pread o f B uddhism i n C hina v aried a ccording t o o ne’s p lace i n

society [ Thesis].

S ome C onfucian s cholars e asily s ided w ith t he e mperor i n r ejecting

the b elief a s a n o utside, b arbarian c ult ( Docs. 4 a nd 6

), [ Arg # 1]

w hile o ther C hinese

scholars p raised t he b elief, a greeing w ith B uddha, t hat i t h ad m uch t o o ffer ( Docs. 1

and 2

) [ Arg. # 2].

A t hird a nd f avorable r esponse c ame f rom b oth C hinese a nd

Buddhist s cholars, w ho a ttempted t o m ake t he B uddhist b elief f it i n w ith t he a lready

existing C hinese i deologies ( Docs. 3 a nd 5 )

[ Arg. # 3].

Sample T hesis # 3:

The r esponses t o t he s pread o f B uddhism i n C hina c hanged a ccording t o t he p olitical

situation o f t he t

imes [ Thesis].

F or s everal c enturies a fter t he c ollapse o f t he H an

dynasty i n 2 20 C .E., p eople t urned t o B uddhism b ecause i t m ost l ikely b rought t hem

comfort a t a t ime o f g reat p olitical i nstability ( Docs 1 ,2 a nd 3

) [ Arg # 1].

S cholars

even a ttempted t o s how h ow B uddhist b eliefs w ere n ot a t hreat t o C onfucianism a nd

Daoism, i n t he h opes o f c onvincing p eople t hat a ll t hree c ould c oexist ( Docs. 3 a n 5

[Arg. # 2].

W hen t he i mperial s tructure w as r estored, p eople b egan t o s ee B uddhism

as a b arbaric c ulture a nd a t hreat t o C hinese c ulture ( Docs. 4 a nd 6

) [ Arg. # 3].

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