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Chinese Steles: Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Use of a Symbolic Form by Dorothy C. Wong September 2004		Buddhist steles represent an important subset of early Chinese Buddhist art that flourished during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386–581). More than two hundred Chinese Buddhist steles are known to have survived. Their brilliant imagery has long captivated scholars, yet until now the Buddhist stele as a unique art form has received little scholarly attention.