The story of a stele : China's Nestorian Monument and its reception in the West, 1625-1916
Title:
The story of a stele : China's Nestorian Monument and its reception in the West, 1625-1916
Author:
Keevak, Michael, 1962-
ISBN:
9789622098954
Publication Information:
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2008.
Physical Description:
195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Abstract:
The authors start with a prologue 'The Story of a Stone' which covers its discovery, the century of kircher, 18th-century problems and controversies and the return of the missionaries and finish with an epilogue 'The Da Qin Temple'.
Corporate Subject:
Title Subject:
Subject:
| Christian antiquities -- China. |
| Church of the East members -- China -- Historiography. |
| Church of the East -- China -- History. |
| Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu. |
Summary:
The authors start with a prologue 'The Story of a Stone' which covers its discovery, the century of kircher, 18th-century problems and controversies and the return of the missionaries and finish with an epilogue 'The Da Qin Temple'.