Confucius (the founder of Confucianism) meeting with Lao Zi (the founder of Daoism) ; Wu shi ci qian shi shi hou bi hou bi dong duan cheng yan shi hua xiang. ; Wu shi ci hua xiang ; Wu shi ci shi shi hua xiang ; Wu shi mu qun shi ke ; Wu Liang Ci hua xiang ; Kongzi jian Laozi

Parte della collezione Chinese rubbings collection
Rubbing from pictorial relief depicting the meeting between Confucius and Laozi; scenes are from the Wu Family Shrines, Jiaxiang, Shandong from 1st. year of Jianhe, Eastern Han Dynasty (147).
Genere: rubbings
Data: 19th cent.-early 20th cent.
Formato: 31 x 161 cm
Note: Citation/references: Zhongguo hua xiang shi quan ji, 2000, V. 1, pl. 59. ; Chavanne, E. Mission archaeologique dans la chine septentrionale ; pl. 174. ; Zhonghua shu xue da ci dian, 2000, p. 345 (Wu shi ci shi shi hua xiang).General note: Wu shi ci: Shrine of Wu Family, located north of Wuzhaishan Village, Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province, China. Wushi Shrine is one of the earliest examples of the offering shrines erected at the Wu family graves. The monuments were erected in the middle of 2nd century AD, buried due to Yellow River flooding, and were not fully discovered until 1786 by Huang Yi, a Qing sholar and high official. The shrine was a free-standing, peak-roofed structure. ; Stone reliefs in the Wu Family Shrines were carved on the walls of the offering shrines, more than 40 engraved wall registers of slabs (16 stabs in the front chamber- Wu Rong Shrine, 17 slabs in the left chamber and 6 slabs in the Wu Liang Shrine) ; 2 pillars and 2 stone lions also appear. Historical: Stele Date: 4th. day of 3rd. mo. of 1st. year of Jianhe, Eastern Han Dynasty (147).
Repository: Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Harvard University"