3 , philology and calligraphy value
The inscriptions of the past dynasties include ancient Chinese, seal script, official script, and regular script, and a considerable number of alternative characters have been preserved. Qin Gong and Liu Daxin compiled " "Guangbei Biezi" contains more than 3,450 different characters in the inscriptions and more than 21,300 "Chongwen Biezi". As for calligraphy, copying the rubbings of ancient stele inscriptions is a common method. "From Han Li, to Wei stele, to regular script, running script, and cursive script, it can be said that all styles are available. There are many collections of engraving calligraphy in history, and Rong Geng's "Cong Tie Mu" has a systematic description, most of which are for calligraphy copying.
4. Confucian classics and religious historical materials in China
Our country’s Confucian classics have a tradition of carving stone. After the "Xiping Stone Classic" was carved in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were "Three-Body Stone Classic" in the Wei Dynasty and "Kaiping Stone Classic" in the Tang Dynasty. "Cheng Shi Jing", "Shu Stone Jing" of the Five Dynasties, "Two-body Stone Jing" of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Yushu Stone Jing" of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Qing Shi Jing", etc. The Tang and Qing Shi Jing are well preserved, and the rest have residual stones. There have been many achievements in studying the stone scriptures of past dynasties. It is an interdisciplinary subject of classics and epigraphy and has always been highly valued. There are also many Buddhist scriptures carved on stone. The most famous one is the Fangshan Stone Classic in Beijing. From the Sui Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, there were more than 15,000 carved stones. There are more than 1,000 Buddhist scriptures, 88 of which are not included in other Tibetan scriptures. In addition, these Buddhist scriptures have many inscriptions on scriptures and are important Buddhist historical materials. Compilation of Inscriptions on Fangshan Stone Classics", published by Bibliography Publishing House.