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 | | The following period, then, is the calm before the full force of Islâm burst on the country with the invasions of Mah.mûd of Ghazna, from 1001 to 1024. |
 | | The name of the Spring and Autumn Period itself is derived from the Spring and Autumn Annals, one of the Chinese classics, which was a chronicle of the state of Lu, the birthplace of Confucius. |
 | | Buddhism, which became entrenched during the period of the Northern and Southern Empires, was finally accepted (probably with ill grace by Confucian officials) as a properly Chinese religion (the third of the "Three Ways") during the Sui and T'ang. |
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