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The first inscription can be translated as: ㈊㮥ल⽚ᴹ⯇ᢹᙔ "WBMPLJUFTWBSB卿Ք㍖ἃǸ㈊ӽ㮥ǹǮǸݏӽ㮥ǹǮǸ㈊⯇ஙǹ卿ἃԋஇ
On the fourth day of the seventh month in the דᘰ⡑⢴ԋᝬἃӽ՞Ꮢᾳ⒖⎏ⵐ⻉ᆨ㎜卿ݯᶴ۔⣌ݱսᝨ㷑ૃჹ୨ჺ卻 卼ᄮۿ㤩Ꮢ㍖
first year of the Wuding reign, Wei dynasty (543), Ƕד㊯Ὅ㞔೰⣌Ƿἃᝬ᚝卿ս㇛ᛤ⛜ᯧ㍙എᄮӮჺ卻 卼Ꮢ㍖Ƕ᫈ᯧⵖ⣌gݏӽ㮥᛿㧰৅Ƿ
Buddhist follower Li Ciming commissioned a
white jade Guanyin figure for his deceased son ᝬἃ⒖ल卿ݯᆨ㎜սࢦݪஇᛞឆ㇛☟ᅤᅺ݉ჺ卻 卼Ꮢ⛁≼⪹᭦㬬ỽ㬦ཀ⒢⚞✄ ⚞ಳ
Li Nayan. Anwu Army of Jizhou (in Hebei). ᝧǸ㈊ӽ㮥ⵐ⻉ǹ㯪㉃⬘׿ⵐ⻉ἃᝬ᚝ᙷջ᧐ᴽǯݯᇌ卿㪪ⶬ㈊㮥⣌ݱ⎏ഌ㞔ᶴ㍖ࣿप㯸
▵ഞᘢԿ⩧ײݯᆨ㎜ᅓἃ᱁۔ǯஙᯇ࢈஠ࢥ卿⯇࢈㷑㧷ං卿ݯᆨ㎜᷉ս⯰ᆨ⫫ݏǮႚᏛӴ
The second inscription can be translated as:
Three white jade figures were in the family ௗᑥᯧ⁒ǮठᏛᑥ⸥⺢ᐡ⯝⬍䁖卿ᆨᎰ୻໸᧘ᅴ卿Ԇᙻែ㷑ᛞឆᅓᯬ᱁リ卿ൈទᐽ৅ⵐ⻉
collection of An Shi in Guxian village, Qianqiu ᆨᅴǯ὞ទᐽ৅㈊㮥ႚڬ⫫ݏ᫬ᔭ卿ठڬठ⫆ठڬ⫫ݏׅ⧡卿ᝳ՞႙Ꮲເ卿ַἃ᥹␓卿Ԇ
town, Zaoqiang county, Jizhou (in Hebei). Later ⢙भ㙁۬ఫᄠ໬ջ㯪㉃Ǹ⎊ℱ۬Ӳཉǹ㠺卿ߺទᐽ৅᫈㬷ႚठ⫫ݏׅ⧡卿፽ַࣥᝳ㙁۬卿
on the 23rd day of the second month during the
⯍໬ջխᝳظໄ卿ᘢ᫉ᏝᝳǸ⎊ℱ۬ӲཉǹԠ㊯ǯൈ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ԋஇஇ།Ӭ⡯ᙔ⁒卿
first year of the Yuanfeng reign (1078, Northern
ᯇ࢈ᝢ㪈ـᇪཀ㚃ந߅க࢈䁖഍ظՀჺ卻 卼㈊ӽ㮥ⵐ⻉㙁㎜卻ࣻ㇦Ƕᙔ⁒⻦৅໸⡯᧐
Song dynasty), a group of talents surnamed Ma,
Liang and Zhao acquired these three white jade ᴽஎ׾g㙁۬࣍Ƿ卿ᙔ⁒߅‸▘卿 ჺ卿㮰 卼厎ᚚទഌ㩌Ⴊ⛁⧻ワ㱦⻦ែ㷑᫋໸Ӯჺ
figures, and built a Buddhist temple with pagoda 卻 卼⒢㙁Ӳཉⵐ⻉⛁۬卿ࣻ㇦៏ࣥӲ㚿ⶬǶԋஇדᘰ㫌ߴट㋏Ƿ卿எ‸⤔Ӭ卿म႓ᅺᙔ
to enshrine them. Hence this is to be recorded.
㱦卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ C卿⎐ᙻ⫫ݏႚǮठݦڬߎ㫌⬘׿ᅾຽ卿ἃែ㷑ᛞឆ㈊ӽ㮥㙁۬
The inscriptions above reveal the current figure was ཐ㇦Ԡ৅㯸ǯ
commissioned in AD 543 during the Eastern Wei
dynasty, and was later acquired and enshrined by a 㙁۬ఫᄠߴែ㷑᫋໸݉ჺ卻 卼Ӯᝲឪ᪖ᚺ⎉㯳ᙔ卿ࣿ࢈໬ጻᝃ⯍ᾭ༱ჺ㧿ݴ႔໫᫋㕘໫
group of devotees in AD 1078 during the Northern ᅴǮ݉㎒݉ჺ卻 卼Հᝲ㑤᭄⎉㯳ᙔӲᬀ卿ᗌǶ໬ट࣍ӲࢦԬg஠↚ՀǷ卿໬գ໵ጻᝃ
Song dynasty. The fact that ‘three white jade figures’ ݨჺ卻 ჺ卼卿ࢫݴ႔ஏ⤞ἃ໫᫋㕘❥ᄟ卿㖺㯅ᣐᆎ⥂卿ߺ᫉㙁۬Ӷۣंᛇែ㷑㙁۬ᙻ
were mentioned in the inscription, and that there
࢈໬ᛞឆ᱁۔ࣿ؊㱐ካᯔ卿Քἃ࢈໬ᛞឆᯇ࢈㕘ᘟ߰ᄟԠᙔ⁒卿≾ἃ⁞᫢ǯ
are perforations on the right side of the mandorla,
suggest there might have been originally two side ᗌ໑㏘ᙔݎ⊂⤔ⶬǶ࢈՗ഌໝஎᝧ㱦⻦᫓ջ⒢ߴᑃទⳞ⏖Ƿ卿᫉㙁۬ࣥஙᯇ࢈ᣐᆎ⥂卿ᇌ
figures flanking the current standing Avalokitesvara.
᫔ྒྷែ㋭ఉℳ⤁▭ᘘ⻦卿㷥㗼ݎ⊂ᙻǶ㖩ᡉ⒢ߴᏛ♙Ƿԋ㉃㖊卿⒢ߴᇌங഍ᰥඏ᭄卿ߺ᫉
According to Sun Guanwen’s essay ‘Beijing ඏ᭄卿⋁ἃᭆஇᛞឆ഍ᰥⶬल⒢ߴᘘ⻦།ඏ㏟ᚵⅧ⻦ǯի࢈՗இ།எᝧ㱦⻦⥢⦏Ⅴ⻦ᑃ卻⥢
Daxue tushuguan cang lidai shike tuoben caoben ཇ 卼卿࣊㟊ᝳǸඏ᭄㏟ᚵ⻦⒢ǹࣇ卿ࣿݯഺǸඏᴔ㫡ഺटᑃǹࣇἃ㌴ǯ
(san)’(Rubbings of Stone Sculptures in the Peking
University Library Collection),the current figure was ℳ⤁▭ 卿ໃ⼵ᵏ ྒྷែ㋭ఉ՞ ݏ⤁ࢦӬჺ⯟՞ǯ໶ݤ㨌ԋᝧǯℳ㢻ᣝຽ ℳ
acquired by Wang Xuzu (1853-1919) from Zhucheng ⇖ጻ໑ǯ☋ᐂ།ໝ ᐂ⦏‪▭Ԡ㱛⤁卿⢏⊂ᇖԿ㞖⒢ᙔໃⒺ♾卿ݯᘘ⻦ᥑ༛卿ᝳ໬ᑃǶເ
city in Shandong during the late Qing dynasty. Wang
Xuzu was a scholar-official who had passed the ໷┐ǷǮǶԨ⇤┐ǷࣿݦᶴǮݪងሂ⒢Ǯ㙁۬༰⁒୨ࢦ㱛♎卿Քᘘ⻦ᝳഌ㞔Ⅷ☮ऒ㢲წ卿
civil service examination as well as an avid collector ᛮჺᔺ㫀⊑㵓⎋㱛‷卿ᑃࣇᎰǶᬂಬᝧഥⵧ⤔ǷՀ࣍ǯⶬᝳǶℳ᭄म㞖㞐ᙔǷǮǶओ㦩䁗
of bronze and stone rubbings. It was later passed 㞖⒢㒉ǷǮǶᶴ㷑ݪងߴ⒢ໄ㢙ǷǮǶ࢈䁖᧐㐈㛮⒢ᠨ⩠ǷǮǶែ᫋㞖⒢⩠⊶ǷǮǶᶴ⒢
onto Yao Guifang, a renowned collector of stone ⊺➙⻦⒢㉃ǷǮǶऒᯛࢗㅚ㈳ڱǷ✙ᙇࢦ♎卿അ⊐ݯຽℳ⣠᧥ᙃ↚ߒリǯ
sculptures from Tianjin, active during the Republic
period. This incident was recorded by the well- ඏ㏟ᚵ卿ᗌ⧲ᑾℱݎ⊂Ƕ㫝ల㯸♙ġ⊑ġ⒢Ւ㢙 ǷǸ㬪⥂ඏ㏟ᚵǯඏഺᴔ㫡⠢ᑃಳǹᢣ
respected writer Lu Xun in his manuscript.
㉃㖊厍ǸԽ᫔⯇ᱡែ卿༡཰ᰥᯐ卿㬪⥂ඏ㏟ᚵഌռ㐩ԽᏒ⻦⒢ߴᙇ♎ǯԽᇁᇑຽ㙚᫬┐ӳ
For a similar example, refer to a stone figure of Ꮒ卿㟊Ǻඏ᭄㏟ᚵ⻦⒢ǻࣇ卿ߝӶ፭ݯ՞卿ࣿ⏟㇦卿⒖ᇁங㛧᳜卿ඏाἃᆌᙔㆫ卻ᆌԠᰠ卼
Avalokitesvara dated to Tianbao second year in the ႗໶卿இ㍩卻㗞Փ㬺উ卼ᇌ卿㉎ऒᯇ᝽卿਑ऒ⁒ս⢪ងഁǯᙻᛞங㛧ऱ㛮ऱ༷卿അ⎈⮘հ⩢卿
Northern Qi dynasty (AD 551), illustrated in Wenwu ㏟ᚵត૏⯝㘻㋇㋴卿⸈჏ⱉ㭗卿ℒ✥㓲ᇁ׹ഌᯇࢶ࢈卿㉎᭯ऒ㞖⒢ߴ卿Քᑾഞ՞ԮǯǹǸ㏟
cangpin dingji biaozhun tuli·zaoxiang juan, Beijing,
2011, p. 80. ᚵᝳഺໃᴔ㫡卿⠢ᑃಳ卿Ꮢ⻦⒢⎐ݯᏒᑃ卿Ք⻱៣ԋӬ㮫ԿԮǯǹࣻ㇦㚅༱ᘰ⫙߅‸▘卿
✄ 㮰卿 ჺ ᝲǯ

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