language of Chan; V. I. Kornev, who described Buddhism and public life in the countries of South-Eastern Asia; V. N. Goreglyad, who was mainly concerned with Buddhism and Japanese literature; A. S. Martunov, who did research on the role of and interaction between society, the state, and Buddhism in China and the Far East; and E. V. Zavadskaya, who studied the impact of the Chan (Zen) tradition on