Hitherto the three religions of China-Confucianism, taoism, and Buddhism-have been regarded as forming one organism, and as equally necessary to the national culture.
"The Reconciliation of Races and Religions"
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
In the lofty philosophical system known in China as taoism, a trinity also figures: 'Eternal Reason produced One, One produced Two, Two produced Three, and Three produced all things,' which, as Le Compte goes on to say, 'seems to show as if they had some knowledge of the Trinity.
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant
The introduction and spread of Buddhism were hastened by the decline of Confucianism and taoism.
"Buddhism and Buddhists in China"
Lewis Hodus