Stele of the Buddha Maitreya

Inscription: This large icon is dedicated by Wang Shirang on behalf of the emperor, whose benevolence is as great as Emperor Xun’s, transmitted through Laozi, so that heaven’s blessings may be bestowed. Next on behalf of her teachers and all monks, [Wang dedicates this image] on behalf of the seven generations of ancestral fathers and mothers, and continuing through to the present generation that they may achieve elite [social] status. [Then on behalf of] Grandfather Wang Longteng, who was the Official Secretariat of Taiyuan; his father Wang Sibao, who is in the county mayor; his wife; his son [?]yan; and Mayan’s [son/Wang Shirang’s] grandson Haiban. Left side: This image of Maitreya is now dedicated wholeheartedly by the nun Huixin; these [carvings of] thirtyfive Buddhist icons are at this time donated wholeheartedly by the nun Huikai.