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Why did Buddhism become widely adopted in china?

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China was freshly out of a civil war. Shaken up, the Chinese wanted to adopt a religion that was peaceful and for pacifists. That religion was Buddhism. People said that if you were a Buddhist, the religion would end your suffering, and that seemed pretty nice to the Chinese.

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Missionaries/traders were the ones who spread Buddhism.
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