Katrina’s Reviews > Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire > Status Update

christianity became synonymous with conquest and those who opposed it leaned into their buddhism rejecting christianity all together

french spread catholicism an emperor proper it up in exchange for taking the throne with aid of the french - emperor later begins to prosecute them and war ensues

confucianism assimilated with buddhism to the point it lost its religious character

Buddhism and Confusacism had to work together, when it came to Vietnam, monks were used politically because they learned chinese characters becoming advisors to kings etc. confuscism took over because of its philosophical prowess and they began to harbor a competitive nature against the monks, so monks withdrew for their place in the courts and the confucians took over