When Buddhism came to China from India in the 1st century C.E. via the Silk Road trade routes, the Chinese thought it was a version of the native Taoist tradition.
Both Buddhism and Taoism had concepts of "emptiness" even though the term meant different things in each tradition. Nevertheless, this similarity caused Chinese people to refer to Buddhism as "Indian Taoism."
This led to widespread acceptance within China. By 400 C.E., China was producing its own Buddhist masters and the imperial families had adopted Buddhism as their own spiritual tradition.
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The imperial dynasties supported the building of many temples and monasteries, and engaged in many good works in the hopes of being reborn in the "Pure Land," a place where all beings attained enlightenment.
By the 6th century, Buddhism was a dominant tradition, although it never completed replaced Taoism or Confucianism. Rather, it existed side by side in uneasy relationship with these native traditions.
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