Chapter 5

In this chapter we are able to see how the Chinese culture influenced religious traditions during the time. Confucianism and Daoism were two religions that were influenced by the Chinese culture, although Confucianism was a non-religious character, didn’t deny the reality of the spirits and gods. On the other hand, Daoism was in many ways opposite of Confucianism. Education was very useless for the Chinese and also striving for improvement. Daoism encouraged people to live in a simple way and the separation of public life This chapter it not only talks about the Chinese culture but also about the cultural traditions of India, South Asia, Greese and their religious traditions. 

The Indian culture were different from the Chinese culture. The Indian culture developed along with the Indian civilization. The Indian culture looked up to the divine. Their religion, Hinduism, was never a single tradition, because it was brought by the outsiders. South Asian religious traditions would practice human sacrifices. Lastly Buddhism was a religious tradition the Asians would mostly worship during the time in the end these different religious traditions led to something different because they ended up spreading around the world and brought new religions.