The Zhen'gao, or Declarations of the Perfected, compiled by the Daoist scholar Tao Hongjing from revelations reportedly received by the visionary Yang Xi between about 364 and 370 CE, is a primary scriptural text foundational to the Shangqing school of Daoism. Its authority as a primary source is that Tao Hongjing, working roughly a century after the events, compiled and annotated what he understood to be authentic records of Yang Xi's visions, making it the earliest and most direct surviving witness to that revelatory tradition. It records what the tradition itself holds to be divine revelation, which this atlas cites as the tradition's own primary claim, not as independently verified historical fact.
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Tao Hongjing's compiled revelation text is itself the primary scripture of Shangqing Daoism, with no modern publisher of record; cited here as that primary text, treated at the top tier as primary scripture. NotesNo year given. Compiled from revelations received by Yang Xi between about 364 and 370; Tao Hongjing lived from 456 to 536.
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AuthorTao Hongjing
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Literary Works, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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