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Dedicatory inscription of Yuanjue Cave ("Yuanjue dong ji" 圓覺洞記), Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞 Anderl, Christoph

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The stele positioned outside of Cave 9 in Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞 Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 marks the beginning of the Yuanjue Cave at the site. The dedicatory inscription was written in regular script and it consists of 17 columns. The stele is 285 cm. high and 226 cm. in width. According to a study of the inscription by Li Chongfeng, the stele to 1198. See two different transcriptions of the inscription in Li (2005). References: Li Chongfeng 李崇峰, 2005: “Anyue Yuanjue dongkuqun diaochaji 安岳圓覺洞窟群調查記" , in Chongqing dazu shike yishu bowuguan 重慶大足石刻藝術博物館 (ed.) 2005 nian Chongqing Dazu shike guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji 2005 年重慶大足石刻國際學術研討會論文集. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, pp. 571–73. Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所, Beijing daxue Zhongguo kaogu yanjiu zhongxin 北京大學中國考古學研究中心, and Anyue xian wenwuju 安岳縣文物局, 2013: “Sichuan Anyue xian Yuanjue dong moya shike zaoxiang diaocha baogao" 四川安岳縣圓覺洞摩崖石刻造像調查報告 in Sichuan daxue bowuguan 四川大學博物館, Sichuan daxue kaoguxue xi 四川大學考古學系, and Chengdu wenwu kaogu yanjiusuo 成都文物考古研究所 (eds) Nanfang minzu kaogu 南方民族考古 vol. 9. Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, p. 376. Lei Yuhua 雷玉华, Wang Jianping 王剑平, Lu Yinke 卢引科, Fu Chengjin 付成金, Liu Jian 刘健 and Li Chongfen 李崇峰, 2013: "Sichuan Anyue Yuanjue dong moya shike zaoxiang diaocha baogao 四川安岳县圆觉洞摩崖石刻造像调查报告" , in Nanfang Minzu Kaogu 南方民族考古 [Southern Ethonology and Archeology], pp. 365-449, esp. p. 376. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.

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