Jing jiao liu xing Zhongguo bei

Abstract

Citation/References: Jin shi cui bian, 1805. v. 102, p. 1-13. (Jing jiao liu xing Zhongguo bei) / Xi'an bei lin, 1963. p. 23. / Chugoku bunka shiseki, 1975-76. v. 9, p. 78-79. / Xi'an bei lin quan ji, 1999, Case No. 2, v. 19, p. 1966-1995. (full rubbing and all sections). / Beijing tu shu guan cang Zhongguo li dai shi ke ta ben hui bian, 1991, v. 28, p. 11. (Jing jiao liu xing Zhongguo bei) / Shannxi gu dai shi ke yi shu, 1995, p. 186. / Zhong hua shu xue da ci dian, 2000, p. 35. (Jing jiao liu xing Zhongguo bei) / Zhongguo mei shu jia ren ming ci dian, 1981, p. 269. (Lu Xiuyan)

General note: Script style: kai shu ; also includes inscription in Syriac. / Jing jiao: Chinese term for Nestorian Christianity / Daqin: Chinese term for eastern Roman empire. / Stele unearthed from Chongren Temple in Changan (current Xi'an) during Chongzhen, Ming Dynasty (1628-1644).

Partial inscription from right side of Daqin jing jiao liu xing Zhongguo bei stele, including parallel Chinese and Syriac inscriptions of priests' names.

Historical: Stele date: 7th. day of 1st. mo. of 2nd yr. of Jianzhong, Tang Dynasty (781).