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561 册盖线刻精美，刻有四神、人物、龙与牡丹，同时刻汉文、契丹文两种文字，工整遒丽，乃辽代书法的上乘佳作。 The lid is exquisitely carved with four gods, human figures, dragons and peonies. Both Chinese and Khitan characters are inscribed. Neat, vigorous, and graceful, these inscriptions stand out from Liao Dynasty calligraphy.
562 辽代帝后哀册所记内容，是研究辽代历史的第一手资料，如辽宋达成百年和平的“澶渊之盟”、撼动辽国根基的“十香词冤案”等。 The content on these elegy tablets is first-hand material for studying Liao Dynasty history, such as Chanyuan Treaty that kept peace between Liao and Song for over 100 years, the unjust case of shixiangci (ten poems on the fragrance of female body parts) that rocked the Liao Dynasty to its foundations, and so forth.
563 辽代帝后哀册所刻契丹文字，是中国境内发现最早的契丹小字，首次证实了契丹文的存在，堪称稀世之宝。 The Khitan characters on these elegy tablets are the earliest Khitan small script found in China. These precious characters proved the existence of Khitan script.
564 契丹文字是契丹建国后陆续创制出的文字，分为大、小字两种，大字早于小字。 Khitan script, including Khitan large script and Khitan small script, was created after the foundation of Khitan Empire.
565 契丹大字笔画繁复、表意功能欠佳；契丹小字表情达意效果好，有较强的交流功效与传播效能。 Khitan large script, predating Khitan small script, was complex in strokes and deficient in expression, whereas Khitan small script was expressive, relatively communicative and disseminative.
566 金灭辽后，前期继续使用契丹文，直到创制了新的女真文字后，才停用契丹大小字。 After Jin annihilated Liao, Khitan script remained in use until new Jurchen script was created and replaced Khitan script, both large and small.
567 契丹文字的诞生，开创了中国东北地区古代少数民族创制文字之先河， The creation of Khitan script pioneered the creation of written script by ethnic groups in ancient Northeast China.
568 以后的女真文字、蒙古文字、满族文字的产生，无不直接或间接地受契丹文字的影响。 It influenced, directly or indirectly, the birth of Jurchen script, Mongolian script, and Manchu script.
569 契丹文字而今虽成绝学，却印证了辽代的百年发展史与融合史。 Though no one can decipher Khitan script nowadays, it witnessed the development and integration of the Liao Dynasty over centuries.
570 辽代帝后哀册 Elegy tablets of Liao Dynasty emperors and queens