(Excerpted from Timeline of Buddhism.)
- 67: Buddhism officially came to China, with the two monks Moton and Chufarlan.
- 148: An Shigao, a Parthia|Parthian prince and Buddhist monk, arrived in China and proceeded to translate many Buddhist works in to Chinese.
- 399-414: Faxian traveled from China to India, then returned to translate Buddhist works in to Chinese.
- 402: At the request of Yao Xing, Kumarajiva travels to Changan and translates many Buddhist texts in to Chinese languages|Chinese.
- 403: In China, Hui Yuan argues that Buddhist monks should be exempt from bowing to the emperor.
- 405: Yao Xing honours Kumarajiva.
- 475: Bodhidharma arrives in China, where he will later found the Chan school at the Shaolin Temple.
- 6th century|500s: Chan adherents enter Vietnam from China.
- 552: Buddhism was introduced to Japan via Baekje according to Nihonshoki. (Some scholars place this event in 538)
- 7th century|600s: Xuanzang traveled to India, noting the persecution of Buddhists by Sasanka (king of Gouda, a state in north-west Bengal), before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.
- 671: Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I Ching (monk)|I-Ching visited Palembang, the capital of the partly-Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. He reported over 1000 Buddhist monks in residence.
- 841-846: Li Yan, also known as Emperor Wuzong of Tang China, reigns in China during the Tang Dynasty, one of three Chinese emperors to prohibit Buddhism.
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