Home›Sources›Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)SourcesEmperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)Asia for Educators, Columbia UniversityCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wuzong-edict-suppression-of-buddhism-asia-for-educators.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wuzong-edict-suppression-of-buddhism-asia-for-educatorsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-emperor-wuzong-s-edict-on-the-suppressio, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/wuzong-edict-suppression-of-buddhism-asia-for-educators}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXColumbia 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (15 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A 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.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the edict's own text and reasoning, dated to the eighth month of 845.CitationAuthorWell-attestedEmperor Wuzong of TangPublisherWell-attestedAsia for Educators, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityURLWell-attestedhttps://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/cup/emperor_wuzong_suppress_buddhism.pdfSource TypeWell-attestedPrimary text in translationCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithLaozi, Figures Well-attested 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 Tangtier 1Claims 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 TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested10SourcesEmperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)Spread EventsThe Huichang Edict Suppresses Buddhism and Elevates Taoism in Tang ChinaHolds4SourcesEmperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism (Asia for Educators, Columbia University)Spread EventsThe Huichang Edict Suppresses Buddhism and Elevates Taoism in Tang ChinaGeneral References1Spread EventsThe Huichang Edict Suppresses Buddhism and Elevates Taoism in Tang ChinaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year