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The collection of the Institute of History and Philology contains approximately 50,000 rubbings acquired since the beginning of its establishment in 1928. The collection consists of rubbings of oracle bones (excavated in Anyang, Henan province), bronze, tombstone stelae, brick reliefs, Buddhist stone sculptures and inscriptions as well as pottery and seals. Most were purchased or donated to the Institute, or made by specialists of the institute. In order to enable these materials to be widely known among people, and to extend the lifespan of the rubbings, the Institute has been working on digitalization of the rubbings, and has also publicized these digitalized materials on the internet.In the Project of Digital Archive for Rubbing Data, there are four main branches: "Bronze Rubbing ", "Buddhist Rubbing ", "Oracle Rubbing" and "Liao-Chin-Yuan Rubbing" .

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http://rub.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/

The Buddhist rubbings collection in Fu Ssu-nian Library is the largest one in Taiwan. A majority of these rubbings are from China, including Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu provinces. These rubbings are dated from the 5th century to the modern time. In addition, several rubbings are from foreign countries, such as the inscriptions of Sakyamuni and Bhaisajyaguru statues in the Golden Hall of Horyu-ji Tempel in Japan. From the seals on the rubbings, we know some former collectors such as Gui Fu, Duan Fang, Zhou Xingyi, Xu Naichang, Ke Changsi, Pan Zuyin and Liu Xihai. Some of the rubbings were collected by Mr. Shi Zhangru, a researcher of the institute, during his field trips in the Yao County, Shaanxi, in the 1940's. The content of the rubbing is generally about the wishes of the devotees, circumstances for making statues, including the organizations of the devotees. Writing of the epigraphy provides important social historical information for ancient China.

http://rub.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~buddhism/

Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica has numerous valuable rubbings of Oracle Bone inscriptions. There are approximately 40,000 items, which were obtained by two different sources. Firstly, oracles excavated by archeologists and secondly rubbings collected latter on. The bibliotheca including: “Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Fascicle 1, Plates”, “Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Fascicle 2, Plates”, “Hsiao-T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Fascicle 2, Supplement”, “Hsiao- T'un. Volume II, Inscriptions. Fascicle 3 ”and so on.

http://rub.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~oracle/

Institute of History and Philology of Academica Sinica collect over ten thousand bronze inscriptions. They are including exquisite overall rubbings and a large number of bronze inscriptions, both of which were bought by the former deceased president Fu Ssu-nian from collectors Wu Shi-fen, Liu Ti-zhi, Chen Jie-qi and so on. The bibliotheca comprising: “Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions Collected by Wu Shi-fen”, “The Overall Bronze Rubbing Collections of Shanzhai”, “Remains of Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions of Shanzhai”, “Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions of Mizhai”, “The Overall Bronze Rubbing Collections of Da-xing Feng Shi Yu Dun Zhai”, “Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions of Beiping Sun Shi Du Xue Zhai”,“Rubbings of Bronze Inscriptions of Xue Tang”, and so on.

http://rub.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~bronze/

This database is based on the rubbings of the Liao,Chin and Yuan dynasties(907-1368) in the Fu Ssu-nien Library of the Institute of History and Philology , Academia Sinica. Most of the rubbings are made from the inscriptions engraved at different times on tombstones, monuments and pillars. Some are from Buddhist and Taoist statues. Most of the inscriptions are in Chinese. Some are in Mongolian in Uighuric and ‘Phags-pa scripts. Some in Sanskrit. Some in Tibetan. Some in Kitan, Tangut and Jurchen languages. As source materials, many of them are of great value in doing research on history, arts and philology.

http://rub.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/lcyrub/

The Project of Historical and Cultural Heritages developed in the Institute of History & Philology： Digital Archive for Rubbing Data

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