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illustrations figures 1.1 Kong Xian bei in Qufu, Shandong 21 1.2 Kong Qian bei in Qufu, Shandong 22 2.1 Gao Yi bei in Ya’an, Sichuan 26 2.2 Diagram of a Han-dynasty tomb and spirit-path 27 2.3 Inscribed stone, Zhongshan tombs, Hebei 28 2.4 Biao Xiaoyu bei from Sishui, Shandong 30 2.5 Rubbing of Yi Ying bei, detail 35 2.6 Rubbing of Dangli lishe bei, fragments 37 3.1 Drawing of a seated image of the Buddha from Weixian, Hebei 48 3.2 Colossal Buddha, Yungang Cave 20 48 3.3 Ninety-five Images Dedicated by Fifty-four Members of an Yiyi Society, Yungang Cave 11 53 3.4 Diagrams of niches on north and south walls of Guyang Cave, Longmen 54 3.5 Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva Dedicated by Lady Yüci for Niujue, Guyang Cave, Longmen 55 3.6 Image [of Śâkyamuni Buddha] Dedicated by Sun Daowu, Wei Baidu, and Some 200 Members of an Yiyi Society, Guyang Cave, Longmen 57 3.7 Buddha-niche, Yungang Cave 16 58 4.1 Han que-gates carved with buddha-images in recessed niches, Sichuan 65 4.2 Votive stûpa from Qinxian, Shanxi 65 4.3 Leaf-shaped sema from Wat Bodhijayasemârâma, Thailand 67 4.4 Ground plan of Shaolinsi, pre-1928 68 5.1 Wang Huangluo bei from Gaopingxian, Shanxi 73 5.2 South wall of the exterior of Yungang Cave 16 75 5.3 Sackler stele from Shanxi 76 5.4 V & A stele from Shanxi 78–79 5.5 MFA stele from Shanxi 84–85 5.6 Dance and acrobatic performance, Han tomb tile from Sichuan 86 5.7 Cheng Zhe bei from Changzi, Shanxi 87 5.8 Monsters engraved on sides of Xiao Hong bei from Nanjing 88 6.1 Maitreya Bodhisattva in Tu∂ita Heaven, Dunhuang Cave 275 93 6.2 Maitreya Bodhisattva, Yungang Cave 11 94 6.3 Maitreya Bodhisattva, Guyang Cave, Longmen 95 6.4 Standing Maitreya Buddha statue from Shandong 95 6.5 Zhai Man Maitreya stele, perhaps from Henan 97 6.6 Maitreya Buddha in Tu∂ita Heaven, Yungang Cave 10 98 6.7 Xingyang Maitreya stele from Dahaisi, Xingyang, Henan 100 6.8 Sculpture of the Buddha, Maijishan Cave 127 102 6.9 Rubbing of an apsaras, Gongxian Cave 3 103 6.10 Shaanxi Maitreya stele with two niches 103 7.1 Seated Maitreya Buddha statue from Xingping, near Chang’an, Shaanxi 106 7.2 Two sides of a stone votive stûpa from Xi’an, Shaanxi 107 7.3 Wei Wenlang Buddhist-Daoist stele from Sanyuanxian, Shaanxi 110 7.4 Deified Laozi statue with two attendants, from Shaanxi 111 7.5 Rubbing of a standing figure holding a vase, Han tomb relief from Nanyang, Henan 112 7.6 A horse, a groom, and an attendant, Han tomb relief from Xingjinxian, Sichuan 113 7.7 Rubbing of Qi Maren Daoist stele from Fupingxian, Shaanxi 115 7.8 Shi Lusheng Buddhist-Daoist stele from the vicinity of Lintong, Shaanxi 116 7.9 Four-Sided Stele Dedicated by Gao Falong and Others from Shaanxi/Gansu 117 7.10 Rietberg stele from Shaanxi/Southern Shanxi 118 7.11 Rubbing of Li Heicheng bei from Luochuan, Shaanxi 119 8.1 Diagram of a longitudinal section of Maijishan Cave 133 123 8.2 Maijishan stele no. 1, from Maijishan Cave 133 124 8.3 Maijishan stele no. 11, from Maijishan Cave 133 125 8.4 Maijishan stele no. 16, from Maijishan Cave 133 126 8.5 Maijishan stele no. 10, from Maijishan Cave 133 128 8.6 Buddhist stele depicting the Buddha’s life, from Sârnâth, India 129 8.7 Jin Shenlu bei from Guyuanxian, Ningxia 130 8.8 Wang Lingwei bei from Eastern Gansu 132 8.9 Rubbing of a processional scene, Han tomb relief from Shandong 132 8.10 Kushan donors flanking Maitrya Bodhisattva on the pedestal of an image from Paitava, Gandhâra 133 8.11 Xianbei donors, lay and monastic, shown at the bottom of a pagoda, Yungang Cave 11 133 8.12 Xianbei royal donors in Chinese attire on the pedestal of an image, Guyang Cave, Longmen 134 9.1 Zhang Dangui bei from Xiangchengxian, Henan 136 9.2 Buddha triad from Henan 138 9.3 Zhang Fuhui bei from Xiangchengxian, Henan 138 9.4 Shangguan Sengdu bei, lower half, from Xianpingsi, Boxian, northwestern Anhui 139 9.5 Shaolinsi bei from Henan 141 9.6 Luoningxian...

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