Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction - Buddhism's entry into Vietnam and its practice under Chinese control (from 1st to 10th century A.D.) - 1. The introduction o f Buddhism into Vietnam : dates and routes - 2. Ancient Luy Lau during chinese control of Vietnam in the early centuries A.D. - 3. The first B uddhist missionaries in Vietnam - 4. Vietnamese Buddhism from mid-3rd. century to the 5th century - 5. The first Ch'an sect in Vietnam : Vinit aruci an Phap Hien, founders - 6.The secon Ch'an sect in Vietnam: Wu Ya n Tong, Cam Thanh, and Thien Hoi - Buddhism from the Ngo to the Tran d ynasties (10th - 14th century A.D.) - 7. Buddhism under the Ngo, Dinh a nd early Le dynasties - 8. Buddhism under the Ly dynasty - 9. Buddhism under the Tran dynasty - Buddhism from the later Le to Tay Son dynastie s (15th to 18th century) 10. - Buddhism in prosperity and peace : the Le dynasty (15th century) - 11. Buddhism in the period of the country's partition by different feudal groups (16th - 18th century) - 12. Buddh ism in the period of peasant insurrections (the latter half of the 18th century) - Buddhism under the Nguyen dynasty (19th century) - 13. budd hiism in the period of dominant confcianissm under the Nguyen dynasty - 14. Buddhism as characyerized by great poets under the Nguyen dynasty - 15. Typical bonzes under the Nguyn dynasty - Buddhism during French colonial times (second half of 19th through first half of 20th century) - 16. Buddhism's tendency towards world acceptance - 17. The developme nt of the Buddhist movement in the early decades of the 20th century.