Chengdu Wu Hou Shrine
Tang-dynasty stone stele carved by three masters, its calligrapher still misattributed by many modern guides.
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This guide to the Chengdu Wu Hou Shrine centers on the Stele of Three Perfections, a limestone slab carved in 809 by three Tang-dynasty masters: a minister who wrote the eulogy, a court calligrapher who brushed it, and an engraver who cut it into stone. It follows a mix-up in the calligrapher's identity that has confused guidebooks and even respected travel sites for over a thousand years. Look closely at the columns as you read them, and consider whose name has quietly been misapplied.
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