The Monument to the Xuanta was written by the calligrapher Liu Gongquan by Pei Xiu, then prime minister, in the first year of Tang Huichang. It is a regular calligraphy work. ***28 lines with 54 words each.
Master Xu Da's good deeds in three generations, namely, Shunzong and Xianzong, were announced to later generations to commemorate the deeds of the master. Its structure is tight, the brushwork is sharp, the bones and muscles are exposed, the masculinity is full, the handwriting is like a knife, the stroke thickness is changeable, and the style characteristics are remarkable.
Creative background:
In June of the first year of Kaesong in Tang Wenzong, Dada master Duan Fu died at the age of 68 and was buried in the south of Chang 'an Changle. He was another monk after Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty. When Tang Xianzong became a monk, because of Duan Fu's attainments and fame in Buddhism, Xianzong summoned Duan Fu to lead his family to see the true bone in Lingshan, and held a charity ceremony in the secret hall. After Xuanzang, Duan Yu once again shook Chang 'an's ruling and opposition parties.
Duan Fu took charge of teaching ceremony in the dynasty, which marked ten years for the public, especially his lectures were "wet" and "knowledge-only". Master posthumous title, a scholar. In order to commemorate the deeds of exorcist and inform future generations, this monument was carved in Chang 'an in December of the first year of Huichang. This tablet was written by Liu Gongquan at the age of 64. The inscription was written by Pei Xiu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and by Liu Gongquan.