Stele of the Abundant Treasure Pagoda, Tang Dynasty stone stele in Xi'an, China

The Stele of the Abundant Treasure Pagoda is a Tang-dynasty stone tablet, 285 cm high and 102 cm wide, now in the Xi'an Beilin Museum. Its 34 lines of 66 characters each, over 2,000 characters in all, were written by Yan Zhenqing in 752, with the title in clerical script by Xu Hao and carving by Shi Hua.

The stele was erected on 20 April 752, the eleventh year of the Tianbao era, when Yan Zhenqing was 44 and serving as a court official. The monk Chujin had vowed to build a pagoda after a vision while reciting the Lotus Sutra, and Emperor Xuanzong supported the project. The text was composed by Cen Xun, the title written by Xu Hao, and the carving done by Shi Hua. It was moved to the Xi'an Beilin in the Song dynasty and broke during the Kangxi reign.

The full name, Stele of the Resonance of the Abundant Treasure Pagoda of Qianfu Temple in the Western Capital of the Great Tang, ties the stone to the pagoda built by Chan master Chujin at Qianfu Temple. The text, composed by Cen Xun, recounts Chujin's vision of a pagoda while reciting the Lotus Sutra and the emperor Xuanzong's dream that led him to fund the project. Xu Hao wrote the title in clerical script.

The stele now stands in the Beilin Museum in Xi'an, where it was moved during the Song dynasty. It broke during the Kangxi reign of the Qing, so look for the repaired crack across the stone. The museum's galleries are arranged chronologically, making the Tang dynasty room easy to locate.

The stele broke during the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty and is now kept in the Beilin Museum in Xi'an. Its earliest surviving rubbings, such as the Wang Zhiyi and Xu Yongxi editions, are Northern Song impressions in which the character 鑿 in the line 鑿井見泥 is still undamaged.