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| | The Thousand Character Essay, Qian Zi Wen, Translated, Transcribed and Annotated by Nathan Sturman |
 | | When the Qian Zi Wen was written, Buddhism, along with Confucianism and Daoism, was already one of the "Three Great Teachings," having been introduced from India about two to three centuries earlier during the Eastern (Later) Han Dynasty, when systematic religious Daoism had also come into being out of older beliefs. |
 | | Notes: Jin's Duke Xian4 used the state of Lu2's territory to march through on his way to annihilating the small country of Guo. |
 | | Another Jin ruler, Duke Wen, held a meeting on the soil of neighboring Zheng, after defeating Chu at the battle of Cheng2 pu2, and met with all the feudal lords there, forging an alliance. |
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