Two years after the steelies were completed, peasant rebellions began to rack the Empire.

熹平石经刻成的第二年，帝国就爆发了农民起义。

Eventually, Luoyang was sacked in 191 AD, and the steelies seriously damaged.

最终，公元191年洛阳宫庙被洗劫一空，石碑严重受损。

There were 46 steelies in all, with seven of the Confucian classics inscribed on them with over 200,000 characters.

石经总共有46块，内容为儒家的七部经典，含有超过20万个汉字。

The steelies are engraved on both sides, and are the earliest official editions of china classic texts recorded in this way.

这块石碑的双面都引有文字，是现今留存最早的官方定本石经。

Ament that students and scholars could make rubbings of the steelies as definite copies of the text to take back with them to their hometowns across the Empire.

来自帝国各地的学子和学者可以锤制这些石碑的拓片作为范本，并将其带回家乡。