Abstract:
Most of clergymen in the the Wei, the Jin, the Sui and the Tang ages were extensively knowledgeable, profoundly learned, and skillfully oratorical. With profound attainment in Chinese culture, they preferred to make friends with eminent scholars, write poems and essays, and be expert in painting and calligraphy. All this helped to maintain a distinctive taste of culture in Buddhism in its course of Chinesization.
