"Preface to the Sacred Teachings of Yanta" - Yantao Shangyojo

Japanese: 《雁塔聖教序》 - がんとうしょうぎょうじょ

…There are many, but the oldest and most famous is the preface bestowed by Taizong to Xuanzang, who translated the 100 volumes of the Yogacara-Diplomacy in 648, the 22nd year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty. In 653, the 4th year of the Yonghui era, Chu Suiliang wrote a preface to the translation and erected it in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of the Ci'en Temple in Chang'an, which became the Preface to the Sacred Teachings of the Wild Goose Pagoda. In addition, the head priest of the Hongfu Temple, En Ding, and others, with imperial permission, ordered the temple monk Huai Ren to collect characters from the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi and carve them into the Preface to the Collection of the Sacred Teachings of Wang. …

From [Tsuku Suiryo]

…The calligrapher Wang Xizhi is the founder of calligraphy, and is called one of the three great masters of the early Tang Dynasty along with Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan. His representative works include Preface to the Sacred Teachings of Yanta. [Toyama Gunji]…

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Yanta Sacred Teaching Preface" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その数は多いが，唐の貞観22年(648)玄奘三蔵が《瑜伽師地論》100巻を翻訳したのに対して，太宗から賜った序が最も古く名高い。永徽4年(653)，その序文を褚遂良（ちよすいりよう）が書いて長安の慈恩寺大雁塔内に建てたのが《雁塔聖教序》である。また弘福寺の寺主円定らが勅許を得て，寺僧懐仁に命じて王羲之の書から集字させて刻したのが《集王聖教序》である。…