<P> Representatives of Jiangnan's indigenous religions responded to the spread of Celestial Masters' Taoism by reformulating their own traditions according to the imported religion . This led to the foundation of two new Taoist schools, with their own scriptural and ritual bodies: Shangqing Taoism (上 清 派 Shàngqīngpài, "Highest Clarity school"), based on revelations that occurred between 364 and 370 in modern - day Nanjing, and Lingbao Taoism (灵 宝 派 Língbǎopài, "Numinous Gem school"), based on revelations of the years between 397 and 402 and recodified later by Lu Xiujing (406 - 77). Lingbao incorporated from Buddhism the ideas of "universal salvation" and ranked "heavens", and focused on communal rituals . </P> <P> Buddhism brought a model of afterlife to Chinese people and had a deep influence on Chinese culture . The story Mulian Rescues His Mother, for instance, is a parable dated back to the 3rd century, which adapts an originally Buddhist fable to show Confucian values of filial piety . In the story, a virtuous monk descends into hell to rescue his mother, who had been condemned for her transgressions . </P> <P> In the Tang dynasty (618--907) the concept of "Tian" became more common at the expense of "Di", continuing a tendency that started in the Han dynasty . Both also expanded their meanings, with "di" now more frequently used as suffix of a deity's name rather than to refer to the supreme power . "Tian", besides, became more associated to its meaning of "Heaven" as a paradise or the hierarchy of physical skies . The proliferation of foreign religions in the Tang, especially Buddhist sects, entailed that each of them conceived their own ideal "Heaven". "Tian" itself started to be used, linguistically, as an affix in composite names to mean "heavenly" or "divine". This was also the case in the Buddhist context, with many monasteries' names containing this element . </P> <P> Under the influence of foreign cultures and thought systems, new concepts to refer to the supreme God were formulated, such as Tiānzhōngtiān (天 中 天 "God of the Gods"), seemingly introduced by Yuezhi Buddhist missionaries to render the Sanskrit Devātideva (of the same meaning) or Bhagavān from their Iranian sources . </P>

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