Rubel Rubbings Virtual Collection
 
Title
Stele of Buddhist scripture -- The buddhist canon of Marici (Mo li zhi tian jing)
Mo li zhi tian jing yu Yin fu jing
Fu shuo mo li zhi tian jing
Huang di yin fu jing
Mo li zhi tian jing
VIA ID
olvwork272293 
Digital Object
Stele of Buddhist scripture -- The buddhist canon of Marici (Mo li zhi tian jing). Mo li zhi tian jing yu Yin fu jing
Location
Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections; C-86
Creation Date
19th. century?
Description
132 x 65 cm
Form/Genre
still image

rubbings
Style
Northern Song (960-1127)
Culture
Chinese
Materials Type
ink
Materials Type
paper
Materials Type
intaglio
Subject
Xi'an bei lin, Xi'an Shi, Shaanxi Sheng, China ;  Buddhism ;  Daoists ;  Chinese classics ;  inscriptions ;  stele (archaeology)

Note
Rubbing from stele includes 2 sections of inscriptions: Mo li zhi tian jing and Huang di yin fu jing. / 1st. section: images of 3 figures and inscriptions of Buddhist scripture, Mo li zhi tian jing ( The buddhist canon of Marici, an Indian goddess of the morning sun adopted into the Buddhist pantheon). Calligraphy by Yuan Zhengyi, inscribed by An Renzuo (An Zuo) and stele dedicated by Xu Renshun. / 2nd. section: image of Huang di and inscriptions of Daoist scripture, Huang di yin fu jing. Calligraphy by Yuan Zhengyi, inscribed by An Renzuo (An Zuo) and stele dedicated by Liu Zhinan(?).

Historical: Stele date: / 1st. section: 15th. day of 10th. mo. of 6th. yr. of Qiande, Northern Song Dynasty (968). / 2nd. section: 9th. day of 11th. mo. of 6th. yr. of Qiande, Northern Song Dynasty (968).

General note: Script style: kai shu.

Citation/References: Jin shi cui bian, 1805, v. 124, p. 11. / Xi'an bei lin, 1963. p. 25. / Xi'an bei lin shi, 1998, p. 99; p. 280. / Xi'an bei lin quan ji, 1999, Case No. 3, v. 26, p. 2633-2639. (full rubbing and all sections) / Beijing tu shu guan cang Zhongguo li dai shi ke ta ben hui bian, 1991, v. 37, p. 19. / Shannxi gu dai shi ke yi shu, 1995, p. 200.
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This record is part of the Chinese Rubbings Collection, which contains more than 2000 digital images of Chinese rubbings that capture Buddhist and Daoist scriptural texts dating from the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE) to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) that were carved on stone slabs, cave walls, bronze vessels, jade, ceramics, roof tiles, and other materials. The rubbings themselves date from the Ming Dynasty to about 1940 and are highly accurate, often unique sources for scholars of Chinese history, epigraphy, and related disciplines.