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Mount Sumeru is the central mountain in Buddhist cosmology, traditionally located at the center of the world, around which concepts such as the four continents, the heavens, and the movements of the sun and moon are structured. This item is titled Inscription and Preface on the Image of Mount Sumeru and is attributed as written and painted by Wuwaizi, indicating that it is not merely an excerpt from scripture but an explanation of the concept of Mount Sumeru through a combination of images, inscriptions, and prefaces. Such pictorial and textual materials can be used to observe the visual expression of Buddhist cosmology in the Chinese textual context and are also suitable for comparative reference with Buddhist worldviews, monastery lecture images, and religious atlas traditions since the Ming and Qing dynasties.