265-589 CE

During this time, the Period of Disunity in China, Buddhism experiences rapid growth; as a result, Taoism puts forth an effort for more prominence in Chinese culture and, thus, patronage from royalty and other powerful, wealthy people. This struggles eventually yields Zen Buddhism, a mixing of Taoist and Buddhist principles, a religion which is still popular today.

 

Zen gardens, one of the practices to arise from Zen Buddhism.