The Inscription at Jinci Temple stands in the Zhenguan Baohan Pavilion at Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, Shanxi. It was composed and written by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty. Each line contains between forty-four and fifty characters, with twenty-eight lines in total. The text recounts how Li Yuan and his son Li Shimin raised an army in Taiyuan, and after founding the Tang dynasty, came here to express gratitude for the divine grace of Shu Yu. The inscription praises the political harmony of the Zhou tradition and Tang Shuyu's strategy for founding a state, promotes the civil and military achievements of the Tang dynasty, and presents the political ideals of the Zhenguan reign, including governing through virtue as the foundation for building and strengthening the state. The calligraphy is vigorous, elegant, upright, free, and unrestrained. It is a masterpiece among the calligraphic works of Chinese emperors and is also the first running-script stele in the history of Chinese calligraphy.