The stele book of the Buddhist relics of Qiyan Taoist Temple in the capital of the Sui Dynasty

[Qing Tuo Sui Shoushan Qiyan Daochang Sacrificial Stele Book]

“Qing Tuo Sui Shoushan Qiyan Daochang Sacrificial Stele Book”, engraved in the fourth year of Sui Renshou (604), Mo Tuo, cut and mounted in 26 half. Each opening is 32 cm vertically and 35 cm horizontally. Mr. Ma Heng donated gifts
The inscription on this tablet is “The Stele of the Sacrificial Pagoda of Qiyan Daochang, Shoushan, Dongjun, the Great Sui River”, which is located in Yongji County, Shanxi Province. The inscription records that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty “gave alms for the benefit of 80 states” and ordered the whole country to build towers. It was written by He Deren, the Kuaiji. The regular script is meticulous and rigorous, which is the first of the regular script in the Tang Dynasty. The stone tablet is covered with sand like caviar, commonly known as “caviar tablet”. This book was originally developed in the late Qing Dynasty, and the top two points of the word “monk” of “Gaoxing Famous Monk” still exist. At the back of the book is the postscript of Mr. Ma Heng on September 6, 1911. It is verified that this monument should be erected in December of the fourth year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty (604), and the error of “Renshou two years” in the Records of Huanyu Visiting Steles by Sun Xingyan of the Qing Dynasty is corrected. The seal of Jiancang seal reads “the stele of every general” and “Uncle Ma Heng reads the stele”.

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