Kihei stone carvings

Japanese: 熹平石刻 - きへいせっこく
Kihei stone carvings

…Since the Later Han Dynasty, in order to maintain the accuracy and permanence of Confucian scriptures, the scriptures were often carved into stone monuments. The famous early example is the Xiping Stone Carvings. In 175 (the 4th year of the Xiping era in the Later Han Dynasty), Cai Yong was ordered by the emperor to revise the Six Classics. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Kihei Stone Carvings" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…後漢の時代から儒教経典の正確性と恒久性を保持するため,石碑に経典を彫ることがしばしば行われた。その初期の有名なものが〈熹平石刻〉である。175年(後漢の熹平4)に蔡邕(さいよう)が皇帝の命を受けて《六経》の校訂を命ぜられた。…

※「熹平石刻」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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