Artisan Congyan's Stone Engraving

Artisan Congyan's Stone Engraving is a readable found in The Xianzhou Luofu.

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I, Congyan the artisan, was forced by the Preceptors to sculpt the High Elder. My heart still harbors resentments, which I shall detail in this engraving.

The High Elder Yubie, always the people-pleaser, who stole the sacred Vidyadhara lands for those hand-wringing aliens... Seek yet not forgiveness from your forebears?

I, a master artisan at the Artisanship Commission, once admonished him in person but was reprimanded, demoted, then forced to sculpt this statue by the Preceptors. I've lived over four hundred years now. I bemoan my powerlessness to right injustices. Oh, alas!

I'm moved to put pen to poetry:
Fate found me in childhood, now I am old.
My past is like frostfall, flowers mirrored in the cold.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Artisan Congyan's Stone Engraving
Chinese (Simplified)	工正淙衍刻石
Chinese (Traditional)	工正淙衍刻石
Japanese	工正流衍刻石
Korean	공정 종연의 각석
Spanish	Grabado del artesano Congyan
French	Gravure de pierre de l'artisan Congyan
Russian	Гравировка Цунъяня
Thai	หินแกะสลักของช่าง Congyan
Vietnamese	Công Chính Congyan Khắc Đá
German	Kunsthandwerker Congyans Steingravur
Indonesian	Batu Ukiran Pengrajin Congyan
Portuguese	Gravura de Pedra do Artesão Congyan

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