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Page 189
... Tsung , the principal cave shrine , Feng - hsien Ssu , was carved out at Lung- men between 672 and 675. The central figure , cut almost in the round , is the cosmic Buddha Vairocana ( one of the Five Celestial Buddhas ) , whose worship ...
... Tsung , the principal cave shrine , Feng - hsien Ssu , was carved out at Lung- men between 672 and 675. The central figure , cut almost in the round , is the cosmic Buddha Vairocana ( one of the Five Celestial Buddhas ) , whose worship ...
Page 195
... Tsung was himself an accomplished calligrapher and a painter chiefly of birds and flowers in the tradition of Ts'ui ... Tsung's court was Li T'ang , who fled to the South about 1127 and may have lived to see the court re - established at ...
... Tsung was himself an accomplished calligrapher and a painter chiefly of birds and flowers in the tradition of Ts'ui ... Tsung's court was Li T'ang , who fled to the South about 1127 and may have lived to see the court re - established at ...
Page 1050
... Tsung and Jui Tsung , had little support and less ability . But , even among her loyal supporters , there was a growing hope that the T'ang family of Li would not be discarded . In 698 the Empress decided to accord with these views ...
... Tsung and Jui Tsung , had little support and less ability . But , even among her loyal supporters , there was a growing hope that the T'ang family of Li would not be discarded . In 698 the Empress decided to accord with these views ...
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