, the author points to one of the central features that sets
Chinese Buddhism in Taiwan apart from the tradition in the continent.
The
circumstances of Japanese colonization, he argues, have led the orthodox
clergy and members of Zhaijiao sects to found associations together in
order to ensure the survival of the Buddhist tradition. This attitude on the
part of the clergy, he notes, differs remarkably from that which prevailed
on the continent, where the clergy usually sided with governments in its
efforts to promote orthodoxy (p. 30).