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"A young girl, An Lingshou.... delighted in the Buddhist teachings and did not wish for her parents to arrange her marriage. Her father said, 'You ought to marry. How can you be so un-filial?' An Lingshou said, 'My mind is concentrated on the work religion... why must I submit three times, to father, husband, and son, before I am considered a woman of respectability?' H father said, 'You want to benefit only one person- yourself. ' An Lingshou said, 'I want to cultivate (Buddhism) because I wa to free all living beings from suffering."" - excerpt from Lives of the Nuns, by Shi Baochang, writer of biographies of important Buddhist nuns, c. 516CE Which change in social structure due to the spread of Buddhism in China is being described in the excerpt? A) women could join monastic orders B) women were considered socially equal to men women no longer had to accept arranged marriages D) filial piety was no longer emphasized in Chinese culture​

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