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The stele of Lushan Temple is a precious cultural relic kept by Lushan Temple. It was inscribed in ancient Lushan Temple in the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan Period of Tang Dynasty (730). In Ming Dynasty, it was covered when a pavilion was built. Then it was removed and embedded on the wall of Yuelu Academy during Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty. Now it is kept in Hunan University. The stele is with the height of 2.72 meters and width of 1.33 meters. It was inscribed by Li Yong, a great calligrapher of Tang Dynasty. The head of the stele was carved with four characters of "stele of Lushan Temple" with Zhuan style, and the inscription on it is written with Xingkai style. This stele has far-reaching influence among later generations. Su Shi and Mi Fu of Song Dynasty borrowed its basic technique, and the calligrapher Yuemeng of Yuan Dynasty "would carefully imitate it every time when writing characters."