唐永徽四年（653）睦州女子陳碩真起兵後，曾攻陷桐廬、睦州、於潛三地，又先後攻打歙州和婺州，依《新唐書》所載的時間推算，前後只有3天，顯然不合常理。《資治通鑑》載陳碩真於「甲子夜」攻桐廬，《續高僧傳》說該事件喧擾百餘日，按此推算，她應該是在七月甲子（14日）這天起兵攻桐廬，十一月庚戌（2日）兵敗被殺，前後共計107天。 陳碩真攻打婺州，兵敗於下淮戍，《讀史方輿紀要》說它位於桐廬以東，但據陳碩真和婺州刺史崔義玄的攻防動線研判，下淮戍應該在東陽江下的蘭溪縣附近。 陳碩真起兵事件中，較受關注的是她的宗教性質，大致有祆教、受民間道教影響與佛教彌勒信仰等說法。本文重新檢視史料，認為應該是混合性的宗教，也就是較多成分是屬於民間道教，但也摻雜了佛教禪異的內容，不排除與彌勒信仰有關，過於強調它屬於單一的宗教屬性並不恰當。

In the fourth year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (653), Chen Shuozhen, a woman from Muzhou, raised an army and captured Tonglu, Muzhou, and Yuqian. She also attacked Shezhou and Wuzhou successively. According to the time recorded in the Xin Tangshu, the whole incident only lasted for three days, which is obviously unreasonable. The Zizhi tongjian records that Chen Shuozhen attacked Tonglu on the "Jiazi Night", and Continuation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks states that the incident caused a disturbance for more than a hundred days. According to this calculation, she should have attacked Tonglu on the jiazi (14th) day in July, and was defeated and killed on gengxu (2nd) day in November, a total of 107 days before and after. Chen Shuozhen attacked Wuzhou and was defeated at Xiahuai garrison. The Essentials of Geography for Reading History states that Xiahuai garrison was located in the east of Tonglu. However, according to the offensive and defensive movements of Chen Shuozhen and Wuzhou governor Cui Yixuan, Xiahuai garrison should be near Lanxi County in the lower reaches of Dongyang River. The religious nature of Chen Shuozhen’s rebellion has attracted much attention, with scholars pointing to Zoroastrianism, the influence of folk Daoism, and Buddhist Maitreya belief. This article re-examines the historical sources and argues that the movement should be a cult combining multiple religious elements. Among these, many features defrive from folk Daoism, yet Buddhist Chan (Zen) conponents are also present, and a connection to Maitreya belief cannot be ruled out. Thus, it is inappropriate to classify it under a single religious category.