i m still not convinced in renaming it into different schools of Buddhism. The most important reason is that it would omit mentioning Confucianism, which is by far more influencial than Buddhism. A poll question for this would be a good solution as well as brings more people into the discussion. My options for change (from least to most radical) would be:
1) No renaming, but enlarge Confucianism to include provinces in Vietnam and most of Sinkaing (Chagatai Khanate in the GC).
Effect is that it greatly reduces the problem for countries, especially China, to suffer unhistorical penalties when holding provinces of a different religion because the enlarged Confucian zone reflects those countries' natural boundaries of expansion. But downside is that the names seem to ignore the mixture of the religions in the Far East.
2) rename Confucian to pro-Confucian and/or Buddhist to pro-Buddhist with the same enlarging.
Effect is the same as 1, plus adding the "pro" prefix strongly and obviously implies not only one Confucian/Buddist religion, but possible mixtures. Downside is the word "pro-Confucianism" or "pro-Buddhist" seems kind of arbitrary and doesnt fit in compared to all other religions.
3) Combine Buddism and Confucian into one "Oriental" religion.
Effect is that it not only greatly reduce, but completely eliminates any penalties suffered by controlling provinces with different religion in the Far East. Downside is that it ignores penalties that actually should be suffered historically, eg un-Confucian "barbarian" countries ruling Confucian "civilised" territories. Also, the term "Oriental" is too general and effectively means nothing.
Personally, i favour option 2, then 1, then 3.
I guess we are only considering the defining of religions in the Far East for the game now. I have more suggestions if u want to deal with changing the actual effects of those religions.
