The Nestorian Monument of Hsî-an Fû in Shen-hsî, China: Relating to the Diffusion of Christianity in China in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries : with the Chinese Text of the Inscription, a Translation, and Notes, and a Lecture on the Monument, with a Sketch of Subsequent Christian Missions in China and Their Present State |
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Page 5 - ... void was changed, and heaven and earth were opened out ; the sun and moon revolved, and day and night commenced; having perfected all inferior objects, he then made the first man ; upon him he bestowed an excellent disposition, giving him in charge the government of all created beings ; man, acting...
Page 61 - I wait patiently the events to be developed in the course of Divine Providence. The Lord reigneth. If the kingdom of God our Saviour prosper in China, all will be well; other matters are comparatively of small importance.
Page 13 - The kingdom of Ta-ts'in commences at the South with the Coral Sea, reaches on the North to the Mountain of all Precious Things ; on the West it looks towards the Flowery Forests on the Borders of the Immortals, and on the East it lies open to the Long Winds, and the Weak Water. ' The country produces the asbestos cloth, the soul-restoring incense, the bright-moon pearls, and the night-shining gems. Robberies and thefts are unknown among the common people. Men enjoy happiness and peace. None but the...
Page 15 - caused monasteries of the Illustrious (Religion) to be erected in every one of the Prefectures,' and the religion spread throughout the Empire, favoured by the fostering care of the monarch.
Page 55 - The latter has been described as ' a man of great scientific acquirements, of invincible perseverance, of various resource, and of winning manners, maintaining, with all these gifts, a single eye to the conversion of the Chinese, the bringing the people of all ranks to the faith of Christianity.
Page 29 - The present chief of our Law being the priest Ning-Shu, charged with the care of the Illustrious Communities of the East." (In Syriac) " In the days of the Father of Fathers, my lord Hananyeshu, Katholikos, Patriarch." (In Chinese) " Written out by Lu Hsiu-yen, Secretary of State, formerly discharging the duties of Military Superintendent in T'ai-chau.
Page 5 - ... dominion over the ocean depths (now) transformed (into the earth). 3. Man's perfect original nature was void of all ambitious preoccupation ; his unstained and capacious mind was free from all inordinate desire. When, however, Satan employed his evil devices, a glamour was thrown over that pure and fine (nature). A breach, wide and great, was made in its judgments of what was right, and it was drawn, as through an opening into the gulph of (Satan's perversities).
Page 7 - ... going long astray, they ceased any further search (for the truth). 4. Hereupon our Triune (Eloah) divided His Godhead, and the Illustrious and Adorable Messiah, veiling His true Majesty, appeared in the world as a man. Angels proclaimed the glad tidings. A virgin brought forth the Holy One in Ta-ts'in. A bright star announced the felicitous event. Persians saw its splendour, and came with tribute. He fulfilled the Old Law, as it was delivered by the twenty-four holy ones. He announced His great...
Page 21 - Always when the day of his birth recurred he contributed celestial incense wherewith to announce the meritorious deeds accomplished by him, and sent provisions from his own table to brighten our Illustrious assembly. As Heaven by its beautiful ministration* of what is profitable can widen (the term and enjoyment of) life, so the sage (sovereign) by his embodiment of the way of Heaven, completes and nourishes (the objects of his favour).