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Book/Printed Material Yi que Fo kan bei 伊阙佛龕碑

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Title

  • Yi que Fo kan bei

Other Title

  • 伊阙佛龕碑

Translated Title

  • The Stele of Buddha Niches at Yique

Summary

  • Shown here are rubbings of the texts on the famous Yique fo kan bei (The stele of Yique Buddha niches), also known as the Stele of Three Niches or the Stele of Three Niches of Longmen. The tablet was erected in the 11th month of the 15th year of the Zhenguan reign (641) during the Tang dynasty, in the Binyang Cave of the Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan. The texts were composed by Cen Wenben (595-645) and written by famed calligrapher Chu Suiliang (596-658). The horizontal inscription in seal script on the top reads "the stele of the Yique Buddha niches." Each page of this incomplete copy has 33 lines, each line 51 characters. It was originally erected by the order of Li Tai, Prince Wei (620-53), in honor of his late mother, Empress Changsun. Although referred to as a stele, the stone is actually a rock carving. These rubbings were made during the Ming dynasty. The book presented here, the best-surviving copy, belonged at one stage to Qingsen'ge, the library of He Liangjun (1506-73) before entering the collections of the National Library of China. The Longmen Grottoes were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.

Names

  • Cen, Wenben, 595-645 Author
  • Chu, Suiliang, 596-658 Calligrapher

Created / Published

  • [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1368 to 1573]

Headings

  • -  China--Henan Province--Luoyang
  • -  641
  • -  Buddhism
  • -  Buddhist antiquities
  • -  Buddhist inscriptions
  • -  Chinese calligraphy
  • -  Inscriptions, Chinese
  • -  Stone carving

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: White on black reversed printing ; 29.6 x 14.4 centimeters in folded sheets of 43 kai size and sheet of postscripts in 4.5 kai size.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of China.
  • -  Content in Chinese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
  • -  Title revised per Asian Division.--cc28 2023-01-06

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667449

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cen, Wenben, 595-645 Author, and Suiliang Chu. Yi que Fo kan bei. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1573, 1368] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667449/.

APA citation style:

Cen, W. & Chu, S. (1368) Yi que Fo kan bei. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1573] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667449/.

MLA citation style:

Cen, Wenben, 595-645 Author, and Suiliang Chu. Yi que Fo kan bei. [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified, to 1573, 1368] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667449/>.