Preface to the Sacred Teachings - Shogyo no Jo

Japanese: 聖教序 - しょうぎょうのじょ
Preface to the Sacred Teachings - Shogyo no Jo
The monk Huairen spent twenty-odd years selecting characters from Wang Xizhi's cursive script to match the prefaces and other texts that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty added to the Buddhist scriptures translated by Xuanzang, and inscribing them on a stone monument. It is said to be the most accurate record of Wang Xizhi's cursive script.

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Japanese:
中国、唐の太宗が、玄奘の訳した仏典に付した序文などの文章を、僧懐仁が二十数年がかりで王羲之の行書中から拾字してその文章にあてはめ、石碑に刻したもの。王羲之の行書を伝える最も正確なものといわれる。

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