Inscription of Gaoyang Temple 西川膏羊宫碑铭
Paul PengInscription of Gaoyang Temple
Written by Yue Penggui, Academician of the Hanlin Academy in the Tang Dynasty.
One volume, included in the Biographical Category of the Dongshen Section of the Daozang.
Inscription of Gaoyang Temple
The inscription states that the Most High Xuanyuan Emperor (Laozi) is the parent of Heaven and Earth, and has descended to serve as the teacher of emperors in successive ages since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, as well as the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. In the fourth year of the Zhonghe reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (884), an ancient brick was unearthed in Sichuan, inscribed with six characters: “The Most High Quells the Disaster of Zhonghe”. Emperor Xizong therefore allocated 2 million cash from the imperial treasury to build Qingyang Palace. This inscription was carved at Qingyang Palace in Chengdu.
