I agree with author's logical explanation. But he did not explain why 不比等 dramatically changed his mind. I wonder if there were hints in 孝謙天皇 to 桓武天皇 since there May be some risks to cut Fujiwara Dynasty. Author May had 忖度 in current Fujiwara clan?
A man who has been loved by a powerful person and has been promoted is not obliged to be loyal to her successor. He may have had the ambition to replace him, on the contrary.
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A man who has been loved by a powerful person and has been promoted is not obliged to be loyal to her successor. He may have had the ambition to replace him, on the contrary.
Yes, he is so ambitious. Just I wonder why 不比等 did not include strongly his story in 記紀 because he was so clover.
In the days when the Fujiwara clan ruled, there is no way to leave sentences criticizing the clan's ancestors in official documents.