Huang Yupian (黃育楩

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: ''Huáng Yùpián'', Wade-Giles: ''Huang Yüp'ien'') is best known as the author of ''A Detailed Refutation of Heresy'' (破邪詳辯 ''Pōxié Xiángbiàn''), written in 1838. A native of

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province, he served as the magistrate of Qinghe () county in

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, from 1830. Little is known about Huang other than what is recorded in his work. He saw his ideological attacks of evil

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s as part of his duty as a scholar official, and was especially concerned with the popularity of local

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sects. To this end he confiscated sectarian religious writings known as

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(寶卷 ''bǎojuàn'') and established schools to teach correct

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doctrine.

References

''Julu Xianzhi'' ().

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Sawada Mizuho. ''Kochu Haja shoben'' (Corrected and Annotated ''A Detailed Refutation of Heresy''). Tokyo: Dai'ichi Shobo, 1972. {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Yupian Chinese spiritual writers Qing dynasty politicians from Gansu Writers from Gansu Qing dynasty writers