Star Gauge
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The Star Gauge, or translated as "the armillary sphere chart", is the posthumous title given to a 4th-century Classical Chinese poem written by the Former Qin poet Su Hui for her husband during the Si
Portrait of Lady Su Hui next to the poem
East Asian Mādhyamaka
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East Asian Madhyamaka is the Buddhist tradition in East Asia which represents the Indian Madhyamaka system of thought. In Chinese Buddhism, these are often referred to as the Sanlun school, also known
Star Gauge
…841 characters in a grid. The original was described by contemporary sources as shuttle-woven on brocade. It was composed by Su Hui during a time when East Asian Mādhyamaka was one of the predominant philosophical schools in the area. The outer border is meant to be read in a circle. The grid is known as a palindrome poem…
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
Kamakura-period statue of Thousand-armed Kannon at Sanjūsangen-dō in Kyoto, Japan.
Jizang, 13th century, Todaiji, Nara, Japan