Shaolin Temple stele corpus
Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Shaolin Temple stele corpus is cataloged as a Textual corpus / teaching within Buddhist Traditions. Its candidate country context is “China” and its period or origin is “Inscription corpus dated 566–1990 in the UNESCO record; 499 surviving steles are described and 2025 registration is recorded.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Chinese Chan Buddhist monastic and epigraphic traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Steles of Shaolin Temple; Shaolin steles; Shaolin Temple inscriptions
- Parent tradition
- Chinese Chan Buddhist monastic and epigraphic traditions
- Public geographic context
- China
- Period / origin
- Inscription corpus dated 566–1990 in the UNESCO record; 499 surviving steles are described and 2025 registration is recorded
- Living / historical status
- Extant epigraphic corpus under current heritage and monastic-site stewardship
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateChina
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Shaolin Temple stele corpus. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3708. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3708
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