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Based on the translation of the Correct Explanation of the Tang "Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching" (1644) by the Jesuit Manuel Dias Jr. and other late Ming Chinese Christian sources, the book reconstructs the process of interpretation and "appropriation" of the Xi'an stele and other ancient Christian relics by the Jesuit missionaries and their Chinese converts.

Missions --- Dias, Manuel, --- Church of the East --- History. --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu --- 618-907 --- China --- Chine --- History --- Church history --- Histoire --- Histoire religieuse

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"The Xi'an stele, erected in Tang China in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China. Scholars have considered the stele exclusively in relation to the Chinese cultural and historical context, Godwin here demonstrates that it can only be fully understood through the complex connections that existed between the Church of the East, Sasanian aristocratic culture and the Tang Empire. Through close textual re-analysis of the stele and by drawing on ancient sources in Syriac, Greek, Arabic and Chinese, Godwin demonstrates that Tang China was a cosmopolitan milieu where multiple religious traditions, namely Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Christianity, formed zones of elite culture. Syriac Christianity remained powerful in Persia throughout the period, and Christianity - not Zoroastrianism - was officially regarded by the Tang government as 'The Persian Religion'. Persian Christians at the Chinese Court uncovers the role played by Syriac Christianity in the economic and cultural integration of late Sasanian Iran and China, and is important reading for all scholars of the Church of the East, China and the Middle East in the medieval period."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Stele (Archaeology) --- Church of the East --- History. --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. --- China --- Iran --- Foreign relations --- History --- Church history.

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The thesis of this book is that when Westerners discussed the Nestorian monument they were not really talking about China at all.

Church of the East members --- Christian antiquities --- Historiography. --- Church of the East --- History. --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. --- Nestorian Church --- Assyrian Church of the East members --- Historiography

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Church of the East --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu --- China --- Church history --- S13B/0300 --- 281.81*1 --- China: Christianity--Nestorianism (incl. Christianity before 17th century) --- Nestoriaanse Kerk --- 281.81*1 Nestoriaanse Kerk --- Old East Syrian Church --- Nestorian Church --- Assyrian Church of the East --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. --- Nestorian tablet at Sianfu --- Tang Christian monument --- Nestorian monument (Xi'an Shi, China) --- Nestorian stele (Xi'an Shi, China) --- Church history. --- Chaldean Catholic Church --- China - Church history

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The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China. While scholars have so far considered the Stele exclusively in relation to the Chinese cultural and historical context, Todd Godwin here demonstrates that it can only be fully understood by reconstructing the complex connections that existed between the Church of the East, Sasanian aristocratic culture and the Tang Empire (617-907) between the fall of the Sasanian Persian Empire (225-651) and the birth of the Abbasid Caliphate (762-1258). Through close textual re-analysis of the Stele and by drawing on ancient sources in Syriac, Greek, Arabic and Chinese, Godwin demonstrates that Tang China (617-907) was a cosmopolitan milieu where multiple religious traditions, namely Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Christianity, formed zones of elite culture. Syriac Christianity in fact remained powerful in Persia throughout the period, and Christianity - not Zoroastrianism - was officially regarded by the Tang government as 'The Persian Religion'.Persian Christians at the Chinese Court uncovers the role played by Syriac Christianity in the economic and cultural integration of late Sasanian Iran and China, and is important reading for all scholars of the Church of the East, China and the Middle East in the medieval period.--

Stele (Archaeology) --- Stela (Archaeology) --- Stelae (Archaeology) --- Stelai (Archaeology) --- Steles (Archaeology) --- Church of the East --- Old East Syrian Church --- Nestorian Church --- History. --- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. --- Nestorian tablet at Sianfu --- Tang Christian monument --- Nestorian monument (Xi'an Shi, China) --- Nestorian stele (Xi'an Shi, China) --- China --- Iran --- República Islâmica do Irã --- Irã --- Persia --- Northern Tier --- Islamic Republic of Iran --- Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān --- I-lang --- Paras-Iran --- Paras --- Persia-Iran --- I.R.A. --- Islamische Republik Iran --- Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran --- I.R.I. --- IRI --- ايران --- جمهورى اسلامى ايران --- Êran --- Komarî Îslamî Êran --- History --- Foreign relations --- Church history. --- 28 <51> --- Archaeology --- Menhirs --- 28 <51> Christelijke kerken, secten. Kristelijke kerken--(algemeen)--China --- 28 <51> Les diverses Eglises chretiennes:--general--China --- Christelijke kerken, secten. Kristelijke kerken--(algemeen)--China --- Les diverses Eglises chretiennes:--general--China --- Assyrian Church of the East --- Chaldean Catholic Church