How did Buddhism spread in China,Korea,and Japan?

Answer 1

As we know that Lord Buddha born and died in India. After his death many king's of north India embraced Buddhism instead of many religions present at that time in India. So after Buddha's death that were the king's who took the credit of spreading Buddhism all over the world. King Asoka of Mauryan empire of Magadh(India) was the one who send missionaries to different countries like china, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc. He even sent his son Kunala & daughter Sangamitra with the missionaries for spreading buddhism. After Ashoka's death there were clashes between Hinduism & Buddhism, the kingdoms of hindu king's ordered massarce of many buddhist monks in india. So for the sake of life many Buddhist monks ran in east direction, that is in direction China, Korea, Japan, Tibet etc where they spread Buddhism. After the arrival of Islam in india Buddhism nearly vanished from india & re originated in the east.

Answer 2

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How did Buddhism spread in China,Korea,and Japan?

Answer 3

Buddhism entered China around 50 CE (although this date is not certain) via Buddhist monks traveling on the Silk Road. See the Wikipedia article listed below for details.

Buddhism arrived in Korea about 372 CE, again via monks traveling from China. At this time, there was extensive trade between Korean and China and Buddhism traveled along the trade routes, just as it traveled from India to China along the Silk Road trade route.

The first Buddhist monks probably traveled to Japan in 467 CE, although the first documented date is 552 CE. At that time, Korean monks introduced Buddhist doctrines to the Japanese court in Nara.

In summary, Buddhism spread throughout East Asia via monastics traveling along trade routes.