- Huang Yupian
Huang Yupian (黃育楩
Pinyin : "Huáng Yùpián",Wade-Giles : "Huang Yüp'ien") is best known as the author ofA Detailed Refutation of Heresy (破邪詳辯 "Pōxié Xiángbiàn"), written in 1838. A native ofGansu province, he served as the magistrate of Qinghe (清河) county inZhili (直隸) province, present dayHebei , from 1830.Little is known about Huang other than what is recorded in his work. He saw his ideological attacks of evil
cult s as part of his duty as a scholar official, and was especially concerned with the popularity of localWhite Lotus sects. To this end he confiscated sectarian religious writings known asPrecious Scrolls (寶卷 "bǎojuàn") and established schools to teach correctConfucian doctrine.References
"Julu Xianzhi" (鉅鹿縣志). [1886] . Reprint: Taibei: Chengwen Chubanshe, [1976] .
Sawada Mizuho. "Kochu Haja shoben" (Corrected and Annotated "A Detailed Refutation of Heresy"). Tokyo: Dai'ichi Shobo, 1972.
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