Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.22

v1.c7.22

The meaning of this passage is that before Qin and Zhou, the teaching of Buddhism had not started yet in China. Exchanges were limited just to the Divine Land. After Han and Wei, the horizon gradually broadened. In their pursuit of the blood-sweating precious horses and rare treasures, people went searching in the four directions. Then they gradually undertook to expand their military operations