Publication details
Tchangské křesťanství („nestoriánství“) v Číně a jeho jesuitská reflexe v 17. století.
| Title in English | Tang Christianity (“Nestorianism”) in China and its Jesuit reflection in the 17th Century. |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Parrésia : revue pro východní křesťanství |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://asepactivenode.lib.cas.cz/arl-cav/cs/csg/?repo=crepo1&key=14895262385 |
| Keywords | Nestorianism; Luminous Religion; Xi’an stele; Jesuit stele |
| Description | The introduction of Christian religion (Nestorianism) to China during the Tang dynasty is one of the most important products of the contacts between Europe and East Asia along the Silk Roads. Nestorianism was present in China (or, more exactly, in the territory of modern China) during two separate periods: the Tang and the Yuan dynasties. The first presence of Christianity in China is attested by the existence of a Nestorian community in the seventh century. The author introduces the history of the arrival of Nestorian Christianity from Persia to China after AD 635 (from 781 known as jingjiao, “Luminous Religion” or “Religion of the Light”). The main part of the article is the transcription and translation of the Syriac-Chinese text on the Xi’an stele of 781. In the second part of his study, the author gives briefly a description of a similarly tuned Jesuit stele of 1644. |