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Book/Printed Material Shen ce jun bei 神策軍碑

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Title

  • Shen ce jun bei

Other Title

  • 神策軍碑

Translated Title

  • Stele of the Army of Inspired Strategy

Summary

  • This rubbing of a stone stele records the inspection of the Army of Inspired Strategy by the Tang emperor Wuzong (Li Yan). The text was composed by Cui Xuan and written by Liu Gongquan, both of the Tang dynasty. The stele was erected in the third year of the Huichang era (843 A.D.), but within a century was damaged by soldiers and soon disappeared. Because the stele was erected within the Imperial Palace, rubbings were not easily taken, even when it was still intact. These Song dynasty rubbings, also bound in the Song dynasty, are the only copy in existence. Of the original two volumes, only the first still exists. The provenance of this item is as follows: Jia Sidao (Southern Song); National Institute of History of the Hanlin Academy (Yuan dynasty); the Ming dynasty Palace Treasury; Zhu Gang, Prince of Jin (Ming dynasty); Sun Chengze, Liang Qingbiao, An Qi, and Zhang Rongfang (all of the Qing dynasty).

Names

  • Cui, Xuan Author
  • Liu, Gongquan Calligrapher

Created / Published

  • Xi'an Shi, Shaanxi Sheng : [Publisher not identified], 0843.

Headings

  • -  China--Shaanxi Province--Xi'an Shi
  • -  960 to 1127
  • -  Chinese calligraphy
  • -  Inscriptions, Chinese
  • -  Song dynasty, 960-1279
  • -  Tang Wuzong, Emperor of China, 814-846

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: One volume, 54 pages, each sheet 34 x 23 centimeters. Text area 26.5 x 15.5 centimeters..
  • -  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

  • Rubbings of Inscriptions on Metal and Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667418

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cui, Xuan Author, and Gongquan Calligrapher Liu. Shen Ce Jun Bei. [Xi'an Shi, Shaanxi Sheng: Publisher not identified, 0843] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667418/.

APA citation style:

Cui, X. A. & Liu, G. C. (0843) Shen Ce Jun Bei. [Xi'an Shi, Shaanxi Sheng: Publisher not identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667418/.

MLA citation style:

Cui, Xuan Author, and Gongquan Calligrapher Liu. Shen Ce Jun Bei. [Xi'an Shi, Shaanxi Sheng: Publisher not identified, 0843] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667418/>.