Which of the following activities was NOT practiced by Buddhsit monks following the conversion of the Japanese?
a) monks served as advisors to the emperor and regional lords
b) monks stressed scriptural passages that supported rule by a strong monarch through a centralized state
c) monks introduced the Chines chronicles as a model for the first histories of Japan
d) monks destroyed the Shinto shrines that had existed throughout Japan
Answer: b) monks stressed scriptural passages that supported rule by a strong monarch through a centralized state
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