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The inscription on the current stone figure records that on the twenty- ζՈ㉰㉠ঙ䢲܃ᆾ˗η㡈㮸ڪ䢲ᆾᑟծႲڪǐ㌪⑨⽀䢲⣰⥦㒴ֱ⼄㣹䢲
eighth day of the first month of Jiajing twenty-eighth year (1549), the 㢳⇶↹Բ⿏䢲㢳ߙₙຯ࿇ⓑǐ˗ᑜ᳦㢳൬Ⰸ༃䢲Ⰸ༃܃ᑜ㡠ח㘝ᐷ䢲܃ܙ
family of He Tianchong, a military family from the Zhending area of Hebei ↿־ᕊഘ䢲ՏˏⅮˏډՍದǐ㘝ᐷଫ˗䣀
province, sponsored the reconstruction of a Guanyin Temple in their
village. In collaboration with the monk Yuan Duan, the He Family also ૯ᒝ४↿㢗⇞⎘܃⻘ᆵⅮᆮ˗㌻Пૈ࠶́ΰ૰ഠ䢲⿉ॼⲽ৬✥ ᖐ
commissioned the current stone Buddha, as well as other figures of Anan, ⍻٫ݙڣᖐΪ䢲㕵⤕㦈ਕ䢲⦪㐤₤㡫ζˏബǏ㠾㢼؟⮂̣ബǏΛⳇㄼ̣
Kasyapa and Sangharama bodhisattvas which are now lost. According to ബ䢲ܔՏ⦪㐤ΰ૰ഠୗ㒹ᤧǏᤧǏ㟌⁸ΰ್δ⢒ᤧǏΰ್♘ᤧǏ㟌ΰྥ٫ǐ
the research of the scholar Chen Yi-An, the monk Yuan Duan was likely ࢦ㤏̣ډՋໝᕕཋՋᑽ⒤䢲⊅ٱᖍਕǏ܂㑆㐤ǐӢ́८Ⓕǐ
to be related to the Buddhist sect of Linji which was active in the Hebei
area during the mid to late Ming dynasty (see Chen Yi-An, ‘Stone Buddha ྐྵ˖ᐷۿ⿉䢲㐤ӏᦪ٫⇞㌻ᆮΰ૰ഠᑬϭ㐤䢲˩ᕖӢ́८Ⓕⅲ۞⧀ǐ
Sculpture Sitting on Stand Carved by the He Tianchong Family from Ꭿೀ⡅㡣ဘ⡃Ꭿ䢲८Ⓕᕖۿ⣵ᒶ⦨ᰵ⇞ঃڈⓧཋˑ͞Ӣ́䢲⿉ՒᐷǕᮗ
Year 28 of Ming Jiajing Rule (1549)’, Study of the Arts, Taipei National བྷ㐤ӏⅲ࿂⧁ĜĜᒝࢦ㤏ཋՋໝ䢮 䢯ΰ૰ഠᑬ㐤⊅חζঙӏ⡃ǖ䢲ǗⳔ
University of the Arts, May 2016 (no. 31), pp. 280-284.) ⻒ೀ⊝②ໝǘ䢲४⒤⦶٫Ⳕ⻒૯ೀ䢲 ໝ ᕕ䢮ⓧ˕ډˏᕩ䢯䢲㦓
ǐ㘝ᐷዠΰᤧᑬܔᓁϭ㐤㠾㢼؟⮂̣ബۢΛⳇㄼ̣ബ䢲ήຄ㑦䢲
Even though the current seated Buddha is carved with a two-tiered
unisha, an influence from Tibetan Buddhist art, it is noted for its rounded ᕴζӏᅠᒶᐷˮዠⅲǙ₤㡫ζǚǐǙ₤㡫ζǚ㤖ҷ⚗ζՔⅲബܕ䢲Ꭿ㡣ဘ
face, heavy robes and columnar body. These are Chinese characteristics ⡃②䢲Ǚ₤㡫ǚ૯ሌᒶቋঙ٫ܙڙ䢲̣ದ̷ᕍ֨ήᑞǗर⚯ǘ䢲˩ۿ⣵⧀ᒝ
that clearly deviate from Tibetan-influenced Buddhist images modelled ˮᓑᕩ䢲֨ήॼ⬹٫ঃڈⅲᤩ㟢⏹ᐓ㷌૰㑆ᕖ㠛ǐ
with broad, muscular torsos and narrow waists which were popular
during the early Ming dynasty. With its combination of Chinese and ᕴ㐤ӏ㤚㧎ങ८䢲㢳⇶♢റ䢲⇶⿰˖ዩ䢲˖㌪⛪ᚆᆶໜ䢲㌪⑨㢳㦨⢵བྷ⽀䢲
Tibetan elements the present figure is an important example of Buddhist 㓅ᒶᮗབྷ㐤ӏⅲ㧰ᙂ䢲⧀ᒝ׀೫ངζӏ͠ⳉҷ㧰ᙂ᳦˹Ǐཱ゠㌪㌴⛪ᚆۢ㨪᭸
image making in the mid to late Ming period. ⢢⢟ⅲូབྷᒝ㧩㏾₢ǐ⧀ܔᓁ䢲ζ㦷㦔˖ⅲ̣㕵⢟㭯⧀ҷ⚗ᮗঃັ⿉ⅲ࡚
൬ໜ⛸⑪㈯ⅲྋབྷ˙ܔ䢲ۥ⡊⧀ⳉབྷ㐤াⅲ㭙⢐㢳㕵㦔㭯㍨㏩䢮עཛᐷ䢲㦓
䢯ǐۿ⿉㐤ӏ㢰͠ᮗབྷ㧰ᙂ᳦˹䢲ܔᓁຯᕖⳉҷζᐓⳔ⻒Ԭ♘䢲
യ⊝②ᒝ͞ˮᓑᕩζᐓ㢯חᕖ㕵⿀ⅲ۞⡃ӱѢǐ
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