Sui and Tang Dynasties is a mature and flourishing period,during which eight schools contended and vied with each other,and Zen Buddhism is one typical sect of the Sinicization of Buddhism.

• 隋唐时代是中国佛教的成熟繁荣期,八宗争鸣,竞放异彩,而禅宗是最为典型的中国化的佛教宗派;