The "Inscription on the Guanyin Statue Built by Di Luozhu" introduced in this article was engraved in the first year of Wuding in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (545), and was later unearthed at the Xiude Temple site in Quyang, Hebei.
The statue of Guanyin is 32 centimeters high. It has a three-leaf crown on its head, a round face, a necklace on its neck, a monk's branch on its neck, and a bi-style silk on its shoulders. The right hand is holding a lotus bud, the left hand is hanging down to carry the sachet, and the legs are standing on the lotus platform. There are statue inscriptions on the sides and back of the rectangular base.
The explanation of the inscription is:
"In the first year of Wuding in the Great Wei Dynasty (543), on the 26th day of Guichou, the ninth day of the ninth month of Guihai, Wuzishuo, Di Luozhu, a believer and Buddhist disciple of Changyang Village in Shangquyang, suffered a disaster and wished to build a statue of Avalokitesvara. District (body), lost in desolation. Now I build a white jade statue of Guanyin to express my original wish, and hope that all people in the Dharma world will be blessed with peace and prosperity. "
[Inscription on the statue of Di Luozhu] in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The influence of Buddhism and Taoism in China. The vigorous development led to the prosperity of religious art. As a result, temples flourished and statues appeared one after another. The [Inscription on the Statue of Di Luozhu] introduced in this article is a product of this period.
Yang Ban's [Di Luozhu Statue Inscription] Copy Works
The Northern Wei Dynasty The statue carving and stone industry is extremely developed. At present, we can collect about more than 2,000 square meters of statue inscriptions. Although the inscription on this statue was made during the Eastern Wei Dynasty, it still retains the style and characteristics of the Northern Wei Dynasty statues.
[Inscription on the Di Luozhu Statue] should have been produced with the participation of civilian literati and craftsmen. The work is not strict in its control of laws, but it is straightforward, vivid, simple and natural, and has a high reference value for the calligraphy creation of modern Wei Bei.
wrote to [Inscription on the Di Luozhu Statue]: "The calligraphy on the statue is thousands of flowers and trees, each of which is colorful and has its own beauty. The naive and unique way of thinking, the Eastern Wei Dynasty must pay attention to Di Luozhu."
The calligraphy in the article is selected from Yang Ban's [Chinese calligraphy copy creation] Complete Works】Eastern Wei Volume
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