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What is the Difference between Buddhist and Neo-Confucian philosophies? What impact might these two philosophies have had on early Chinese society?

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Neo-Confucianism is a social and ethical philosophy using metaphysical ideas, some borrowed from Taoism, as its framework, But the spirit of Neo-Confucian rationalism is diametrically opposed to that of Buddhist mysticism.

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