"The Preface to the Holy Religion of the Wild Goose Pagoda" is the "Preface to the Holy Religion of Ci'en Temple", written by Chu Suiliang in the Tang Dynasty. Regular script, 1463 words in total. It was established in 653 AD (the fourth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty). There are two stones in total, both located under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Ci'en Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. The first stone is the preface, the full name is "The Preface to the Tripitaka Sacred Teachings of the Tang Dynasty", written by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty; the back stone is the note, the full name is "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty Narrated the Holy Tripitaka Holy Religions", written by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. In order to avoid the taboo of Emperor Gaozong, the two characters "zhi" in the inscription are missing the last stroke.
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