Columbia University's Asia for Educators program, run by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, preserves and translates Emperor Wuzong's own edict on the suppression of Buddhism from the eighth month of 845, the primary document in which the emperor names Buddhism a foreign teaching harmful to the state while elevating the native teaching of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi, used here as the primary institutional record of Taoism's formal elevation at Buddhism's expense.
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Reliability Tier1
A university hosted translation of the primary edict itself, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable institutionally hosted primary source translations, used here for the edict's own language and reasoning, corroborated by Stanley Weinstein's academic history of Buddhism under the Tang dynasty. NotesUsed for the edict's own text and reasoning, dated to the eighth month of 845.
Citation
AuthorEmperor Wuzong of Tang
PublisherAsia for Educators, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
URLhttps://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/cup/emperor_wuzong_suppress_buddhism.pdf
Source TypePrimary text in translation
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Laozi, Figures This source names Laozi directly: "teaching of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi, used here as the primary institutional record of Taoism's formal elevation at Buddhism's expense."
Source Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)Emperor Wuzong of Tang
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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