When Buddhism moved to China it met a religiously sophisticated culture. As a result a number of Indian-transplant as well as Chinese-indigenous schools of Buddhism developed.
Indian transmitted
Sanlun
Faxiang
Indigenous Chinese
Chan (禪宗, Wade-Giles: Ch'an) Mythically attributed in founding to Bodhidharma
Huayan (華嚴宗, WG: Hua-yen)
Pure Land (淨土宗, WG: Chingtu)
Tiantai (天台宗, WG: T'ien-t'ai) founded by Zhiyi (Chih-I)
