Palace of Nine Perfections

The Palace of Nine Perfections (Chinese: 九成宮; pinyin: Jiucheng; Wade–Giles: Chiu-ch'eng) was a summer palace of the Tang dynasty, located in Linyou in the mountains north-west of the capital Chang'an.

The palace was built for Emperor Taizong as a renovation of the earlier Renshou palace built for the Emperor Wen of Sui.

In the second summer (632), he discovered a spring which was dug out and found to provide sweet water.

A stele was erected to record this with an inscription composed by chancellor Wei Zheng and carved by the imperial calligrapher, Ouyang Xun.

This is a famous example of his calligraphy and rubbings are now held by several museums.

"Emperor Taizong Arriving at the Jiucheng Palace" – a Ming dynasty painting from around 1500 in the style of Li Sixun . [ 1 ]
"The Palace of Nine Perfections" – a set of twelve scrolls on silk by Yuan Jiang . This was inked and painted in 1691 and so includes impressions of the contemporary Kangxi Emperor as well as an imagining of the long-lost palace. [ 3 ]