Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.33

v1.c4.s2.33

Between the 3ʳᵈ and 6ᵗʰ centuries CE, following the introduction of Buddhism into China, there appeared a quantity of "Zhi Guai", i.e. ghost stories, which were called "supplemental textbooks for Buddhism” by the famous modern Chinese writer Lu Xun. These stories not only introduced to Chinese people the Buddhist outlook on world, life and morality and a way of thinking but also testified to the rich imagination and literary creation of ancient Indians.