Nine Great Courts Stele: Chinese Stele Classics

Author: Fang Chuanxin
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Publication Date: 2000-08-01
Features: The Jiu Cheng Gong Li Quan Ming has been frequently re-carved. The original inscriptions on the stele are plump, but due to artificial carving and erosion from wind and rain, the surface of the stele has worn away, causing the strokes to become finer. This volume selects the Ming-era copy preserved in the Palace Museum, which belonged to Li Qi, the Duke Consort. This copy features rich and full characters with sharp turns and transitions, as if new, and its vitality is almost indistinguishable from Tang-era (archaeological prints). It is now published as a photomechanical reproduction to delight the ().