Looking at it from a historical perspective, the popularity of Chan has always risen when a nation is on the ascendent and life is fairly comfortable. Such was the case with Tang China and postwar Europe, America and Japan.
由歷史來看，習禪風多興起於國家升平、生活富足的時代，如中國唐代，或戰後生養孳息已足的歐美、日本。