Building Bridges between Chan Buddhism and ConfucianismIn Building Bridges between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism, Diana Arghirescu explores the close connections between Buddhism and Confucianism during China's Song period (9601279). Drawing on In Essays on Assisting the Teaching written by Chan monk scholar Qisong (10071072), Arghirescu examines the influences between the two traditions. In his writings, Qisong made the first substantial efforts to compare the major dimensions of Confucian and Chan