Ink-squeeze rubbing album. Zhouyi, juan 4 (周易卷四). Kaicheng Stone Classic edition (唐開成石經).

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Title

Ink-squeeze rubbing album. Zhouyi, juan 4 (周易卷四). Kaicheng Stone Classic edition (唐開成石經).

Coverage

Single volume containing 18th-century rubbings from the Chinese classic Yijing (易經), or Book of Changes,

Date

as engraved on stone between 833 and 837.

Subject

Gift of Xia Wei and Soren Edgren.

Description

This album contains an ink-squeeze rubbing from a stone engraved between 833 and 837 during the Tang dynasty. The stele is part of a group known as the Kaicheng Stone Classics—twelve classic works carved into 114 large, vertical tablets that were erected in the courtyard of the Imperial Academy in Chang’an, where they served as an accurate and accessible reference for students. The text featured here is from the Chinese classic Yijing, or Book of Changes, popularly referred to as the I Ching.

Source

From the collection of Rare Book School