In recent years, if we were to compare Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in their respective representations of traditional Chinese culture, the development of Buddhism could be said to be better. It has gradually become one of the most important elements for the revitalization of Chinese culture. In the new century, Chinese Buddhism has increasingly established cultural awareness and has proactively ventured into the mighty torrent of creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese culture.

Napoleon Bonaparte once compared China to a “sleeping lion” and served that “when she wakes she will shake the world.” Now China the lion has awakened, but it is a peaceful, amicable, and civilized lion. But even more fundamental is the revival of Chinese culture, a journey and a responsibility shouldered by Chinese Buddhism.

── from Phoenix Satellite Television’s Broadcast of Xi Jinping’s Speeches