Text: S.6502; Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏

Summary

Identifier	S.6502 [Forte 2005]
Title	Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏 [Forte 2005]
Date	690 [Forte 2005]

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No	[Forte 2005] Forte, Antonino. Political Propaganda and Ideology in China at the End of the Seventh Century: An Inquiry into the Nature, Authors, and Function of the Dunhuang Document S.6502 Followed by an Annotated Translation. Second Edition. Kyoto: Scuola Italiana di Studi sull’Asia Orientale, 2005. — passim	S.6502; Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏	Forte's entire monograph is a study of the authorship, circumstances of composition, and nature of S.6502. On the question of authorship, see esp. Ch. 2, in which he argues that it was the product of a group of "Ten Bhadantas" who were active under Wu Zetian as propagandists and ideologues. Forte's basic contention is that the commentary was part of a strategy to use the *Mahāmegha, and especially a prophecy it contained about a kind of female "wheel-turning king", to legitimate Wu Zetian's rule. Entry author: Michael Radich Edit	Title: Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏 Date: 690 Identifier: S.6502

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[Forte 2005] Forte, Antonino. Political Propaganda and Ideology in China at the End of the Seventh Century: An Inquiry into the Nature, Authors, and Function of the Dunhuang Document S.6502 Followed by an Annotated Translation. Second Edition. Kyoto: Scuola Italiana di Studi sull’Asia Orientale, 2005. — passim

S.6502; Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏

Forte's entire monograph is a study of the authorship, circumstances of composition, and nature of S.6502. On the question of authorship, see esp. Ch. 2, in which he argues that it was the product of a group of "Ten Bhadantas" who were active under Wu Zetian as propagandists and ideologues. Forte's basic contention is that the commentary was part of a strategy to use the *Mahāmegha, and especially a prophecy it contained about a kind of female "wheel-turning king", to legitimate Wu Zetian's rule.

Entry author: Michael Radich

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Title: Dayun jing Shenhuang shouji yishu 大雲經神皇授記義疏
Date: 690
Identifier: S.6502