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Stele Inscribed by Yan Zhenqing

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The stele inscribed by Yan Zhenqing is located 1.5 kilometers north of Runan County and was written by Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of the Xingyuan era (784 AD) during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang, Li Xilie, the military governor of Huaixi, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. The emperor sent Yan to persuade him to surrender, but Yan was imprisoned in Cai State (now Longxing Temple in Runan). Remaining resolute and unyielding, Yan forcefully wrote the three large characters “Tianzhongshan” (Central Heaven Mountain), symbolizing that the country would ultimately be reunified. He was strangled to death in August of the same year. A poem reads: “Old inscriptions by the side of Tianzhongshan, the stone stele clearly copies the strokes; one can imagine the loyalty and righteousness of those years, with vivid ink and bold, sweeping brushwork.” Photo by Li Feng.

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The stele inscribed by Yan Zhenqing is located 1.5 kilometers north of Runan County and was written by Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. In the first year of the Xingyuan era (784 AD) during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang, Li Xilie, the military governor of Huaixi, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. The emperor sent Yan to persuade him to surrender, but Yan was imprisoned in Cai State (now Longxing Temple in Runan). Remaining resolute and unyielding, Yan forcefully wrote the three large characters “Tianzhongshan” (Central Heaven Mountain), symbolizing that the country would ultimately be reunified. He was strangled to death in August of the same year. A poem reads: “Old inscriptions by the side of Tianzhongshan, the stone stele clearly copies the strokes; one can imagine the loyalty and righteousness of those years, with vivid ink and bold, sweeping brushwork.” Photo by Li Feng.