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Xuanzang's Heart Sutra (Taisho 251) part of a stone stele entitled 'Foreword to the Holy Teachings (with Heart Sutra attached) written with the calligraphy from Huairen's Collection of the Calligraphy of the Jin Dynasty General of the Right Army Wang Xizhi (303-361 CE)' [the Foreword to the Holy Teachings was written by Emperor Tang Taizong in 648 CE]. This stele was erected by Emperor Tang Gaozong in 672 CE at the Hongfu Monastery, Chang'an. It is now housed in the Beilin Museum in Xian, China.
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The third oldest dated copy of the Heart Sutra, on part of the stele of Emperor Tang Taizong's Foreword to the Holy Teaching, written on behalf of Xuanzang in 648 CE, erected by his son, Emperor Tang Gaozong in 672 CE, Xian's Beilin Museum.