{"id":425159,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=425159"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:16:33","slug":"the-canton-conference-1667-1668-its-content-and-sinificance","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/the-canton-conference-1667-1668-its-content-and-sinificance\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CANTON CONFERENCE (1667-1668): ITS CONTENT AND SINIFICANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUDDHISM WAS FOUNDED BY SHAKYAMUNI, AND THIS RELIGION HAS APPEARED IN OPPOSITION TO\u00a0 BRAHMANISM&#8217;S CASTE SYSTEM SINCE ITS INCEPTION. SHAKYAMUNI EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANT\u00a0 CONCEPT OF \u201cALL BEINGS ARE EQUAL\u201d FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. BUDDHISM SPREAD FROM INDIA TO\u00a0 OTHER REGIONS, AND WAS INTRODUCED TO CHINA THROUGH CENTRAL ASIA. IN CHINA, BUDDHISM\u00a0 MERGED THE TWO NATIVE CULTURES OF CONFUCIANISM AND TAOISM AND FINALLY PRODUCED THE SOCALLED CHINESE BUDDHISM. BUDDHISM AND ITS VALUE OF EQUALITY WERE ALSO DEVELOPED AND\u00a0 EXTENDED IN CHINA, AND FINALLY SPREAD TO JAPAN. AFTER BUDDHISM WAS SPREAD TO JAPAN, IT\u00a0 DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DUE TO OFFICIAL SUPPORT. DIFFERENT BUDDHIST SECTS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN\u00a0 TEMPLES IN JAPAN, AND AMONG THEM, ZEN BUDDHISM HAS THE GREATEST INFLUENCE AMONG ALL SOCIAL CLASSES IN THIS COUNTRY. LATER, AFTER YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, ZEN BUDDHISM PENETRATED INTO MANY ASPECTS OF JAPANESE CULTURE, SUCH AS RELIGION, AESTHETICS, GARDEN DESIGN, SAMURAI SPIRIT\u00a0 AND TEA CEREMONY. WITH THE SPREAD OF ZEN BUDDHISM, THE CORE VALUE OF BUDDHISM WHICH IS\u00a0 \u201cBUDDHIST CONCEPT OF EQUALITY\u201d WAS ALSO SPREAD TO JAPAN. THE TEA CEREMONY IS PRECISELY THE\u00a0 PLACE WHERE THIS VALUE OF EQUALITY CAN BE DETECTED. THIS DISSERTATION EXPLAINS THE MANY\u00a0 PROCESSES THAT REFLECT THIS VALUE NO MATTER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE TEA ROOM, AND ARGUES THAT THE\u00a0 SPIRIT OF THE TEA CEREMONY IS TO PURSUE THE VALUE OF EQUALITY<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-425159","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-religious-studies","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-faculty-of-religious-studies-and-philosophy","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-master"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 \u9031 ago","modified":"Updated 5 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:38 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:16 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/religious-studies\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">RELIGIOUS STUDIES<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">RELIGIOUS STUDIES<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/faculty-of-religious-studies-and-philosophy\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">FACULTY OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/master\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431178,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425159\/revisions\/431178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}