Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s1.t3.3

v1.c6.s1.t3.3

In the fifth year of Tianhe ie 570 CE, Zhen Luan was ordered by the Emperor Wu to learn Buddhism and Taoism in detail to confirm their length and determine their true and fictional portions. This is the primary content of his book, *Theory against Taoism*. Because Zhen Luan was a Buddhist, he was seriously against all kinds of points of Taoism and in 36 articles of the book, he referred to some of India's universe/cosmos theories, such as inexorable doom, universe of 1,000,000,000 universes and trayastrimsa.