The stone stele of Wang Jushi's Zhuangta Ming was excavated during the Wanli period (1573-1620) of the Ming dynasty from the Hundred Pagoda Temple south of Xi'an. After excavation the stone was found in three pieces and rubbings of all three are extremely difficult to obtain. Later one of the three pieces of stone was lost. The characters " " in this rubbing remain unbroken. (This can be seen in the first part of the album.) After the Jiaqing-Daoguang periods (1796-1850), the characters " " were broken and the lower part was lost. (This makes up the second part of the album.) Late rubbings show the stones in seven small pieces.