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English: An ink rubbing of one of the calligraphy stela at the Beilin Museum in Xi'an, called the "God of Literature Pointing the Dipper." It depicts the figure, made up of the characters describing the four Confucian virtues, standing on the head of the ao (鰲) turtle (an expression for coming first in the imperial civil service examinations), and "pointing the dipper (斗)" (another expression with the same meaning).
中文：魁星獨占鰲頭
Date 31 January 2005 (original upload date)
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Author The original uploader was HunterAmor at English Wikipedia.

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  • 2005-01-31 22:56 HunterAmor 748×1736×8 (799101 bytes) An ink rubbing from a stela in the Beilin Museum

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