The diary of Ennin, a Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk who traveled and studied in Tang China from 838 to 847, translated and scholarly annotated by the historian Edwin O. Reischauer. Ennin was in China during the Huichang persecution and records it as an eyewitness, including the closure of monasteries and the laicization of monks he saw directly.
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Reliability TierA primary eyewitness account rather than a secondary scholarly analysis, but published in a standard, heavily annotated academic translation by a leading historian of East Asia; historians of the Huichang persecution treat it as the single most valuable contemporary witness alongside the official Tang edicts it also transcribes. NotesA primary eyewitness account rather than a secondary scholarly analysis, but published in a standard, heavily annotated academic translation by a leading historian of East Asia; historians of the Huichang persecution treat it as the single most valuable contemporary witness alongside the official Tang edicts it also transcribes. 1 Citation
AuthorEnnin, translated and annotated by Edwin O. Reischauer 1 Publication Year Source TypePrimary text in translation 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names China directly: "monk who traveled and studied in Tang China from 838 to 847, translated and scholarly annotated by the historian Edwin O."
This source names Tendai directly: "The diary of Ennin, a Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk who traveled and studied in Tang China from 838 to 847, translated and scholarly annotated by the historian Edwin O."
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- Religious Events, 15 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 open question, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Religions, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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