CORRECT ANSWER = TRUE. (4 points)

Philosophical and religious concepts have been very important in forming the foundations of China, but according to John Blofeld, in his book, "The Quest for Immortality", Chinese have been simultaneously influenced by Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist as well as followers of other folk practices, therefore they never had the rigid definitions of "religion" that we had in the West. It was (and still is) common practice to believe in parts of all these disciplines, although they sometimes conflict. The term "religion" was introduced only in recent history when these groups of followers were united into separate camps that opposed other belief systems.