There appeared emperors who eagerly worked for the spread of Buddhism, such as the Emperor Kobun in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Sho En in the Liang (Southern Dynasty) who was called 'the Emperor Bosatsu' (Bodhisattva), which accelerated the spread in the surrounding countries.
北魏の孝文帝や「皇帝菩薩」と称された梁(南朝)の蕭衍など、仏教拡大に熱心な皇帝も現れ、周辺諸国への普及も加速した。