Stele for the Confucius Temple
The stele from which this ink rubbing was taken records that the thirty-third-generation grandson of Confucius was given the title Marquis Baode in 626; it also documents the subsequent reconstruction of the Confucian temple in Qufu. A Confucian temple is the central place to host various rites showing respect to Confucius and Confucianism, the core ideology in China for the past two thousand years. The original stele was inscribed by the famous calligrapher Yu Shinan (558–638) but is now long lost. This current ink rubbing was taken from a tenth-century copy now erected at the Stele Forest Museum in Xi’an.
Artwork Details
- 宋模孔子廟堂碑 現代拓本
- Title: Stele for the Confucius Temple
- Date: Stele: Song dynasty (960–1279), 960–68; rubbing: 20th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 72 11/16 × 38 3/4 in. (184.6 × 98.4 cm)
- Classification: Rubbing
- Credit Line: Seymour and Rogers Funds, 1977
- Object Number: 1977.375.12
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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