845 AD
Wuzong’s edict and religious regulation
Religion · Chinese traditions · Religion and the state · Religious interactions
Wuzong’s eighth-month edict treated Buddhist institutions as a religious, fiscal and political issue. The source records the emperor’s Daoist devotion, while the suppression reflected imperial policy and institutional competition rather than a shared position of all Daoists.
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- Dating in the source document
- 845
- Calendar and convention
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- 2026-09-04
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- Publication date
- 1999
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- 2026-09-23
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