Đinh dynasty (jan 1, 968 – jan 1, 980)
Description:
- Ruled by Đinh Tiên Hoàng (the country had been referred to officially as "Đại Cồ Việt")- The name of the Emperor meaning "Great Buddhist Viet".
-Buddhism!
-Rulers used religion to enforce their rule over their subjects. Buddhism spread to Vietnam around 600 CE. Religion was never a huge part of Vietnam - even today, over 80% of Vietnamese people in Vietnam are atheists. Buddhism differed in Vietnam than most other countries that practiced it (Different institutional structures, hierarchy, and sanghas, and it grew a symbiotic relationship with taoism (Chinese spirituality) and many Buddhist practitioners focused on devotional rituals rather than meditation
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Date:
jan 1, 968
jan 1, 980
~ 12 years