Project Database
A basic version of the database has been online since October 2018 with the georeferenced locations and transcriptions of the inscriptions. The data sets are successively supplemented and expanded. New features are currently under development. For example, we are planning to restore the functionality of the "3D Web Atlas for Stone Sutras" formerly developed by the Institue of Geography (Heidelberg) and i3mainz.
Project Overview
PDF with an overview of inscriptions by location and text, reviews of published volumes, and staff bibliography.
Lecture Recordings
Prof. Lothar Ledderose at Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen, April 13, 2023:
China schreibt anders (YouTube)
Prof. Lothar Ledderose at SOAS University of London, November 15, 2019:
China Writes Differently (YouTube)
Prof. Lothar Ledderose at Cleveland Museum of Art, The Pauline and Joseph Degenfelder Lecture, March 3, 2018:
Under the Open Sky (YouTube)
Prof. Lothar Ledderose at The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, Stanford University, March 2, 2017:
Writing on Mountains to Save the World (YouTube)