The Qifa Temple Monument was later placed on the Xingguo Temple Monument. The inscription on the Xingguo Temple Monument was written by Li Delin, the imperial magistrate of the Sui Dynasty. Li Delin was a famous scholar and articler at that time. The stele was erected in the sixth year of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (586 AD) by Yang Jian. Xingguo Temple, later known as Yanqing Temple, was located in Wangchu Mountain (some say it was in Guyin Mountain). During the Xiantong period of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, Jiang, the governor of Xiangzhou, requested that the temple be restored to Yanqing Temple, and the imperial court agreed. After the expansion, a "Temple Stele of Jiang Xian, the Governor of Xiangzhou" was erected. Zheng Chuhui wrote the article and Liu Gongquan wrote it. Zheng Chuhui, courtesy name Yanmei. The "Old Book of the Tang Dynasty" originally said that he "has excellent articles and has long been recommended by scholars and friends", "fangya loves ancient times, is diligent in writing, and has compiled the most collections". Liu Gongquan, whose courtesy name is Chengxuan. A famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Xingguo Temple was rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still three main halls and their foundations still exist, but I wonder if these precious inscriptions are still there?
The inscription of Qifa Temple was written by Zhou Biao, a native of Runan, and it was established in the second year of Renshou (602) of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian. The temple later became Longxing Temple, and its former site was in the south corner of Xiangyang City. The monument of Qifa Temple has been lost for a long time. It was valued by calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gong, Mi Fu, Huang Bosi, etc. all discussed it. The only existing rubbing has been circulated in Japan. Ouyang Xiu wrote in the "Postscript to Collection of Ancient Records": "On the right is the stele of Fa Temple, and Ding Dao protects the book... In the later years of the Sui Dynasty, calligraphy was particularly prosperous, and my family's leader (Ouyang Xun) and Yu Shinan were both people at that time. Later, it appeared in the Tang Dynasty and became the last work. There are many steles from the time of Kaihuang, Renshou and Daye, and their strokes are all vigorous, but they are often at a loss when holding the scroll, sighing for it. It was written by himself, but there are very few inscriptions on it. Among the thousands of volumes collected by the Yu family, this is the only one. There was a scholar named Yang Baobao who liked to collect calligraphy and paintings, and the only one who got his copy was Liang Zhengming (should be the later Liang Dynasty). Zhenming) "If it is not rare, it is not considered good. The ancients also said, 'A hundred is not too many, and one is not too little.'" It can be seen that Ouyang Xiu regards the inscriptions of Qifa Temple as such. For the most precious thing.