The Nestorian Monument

Author : P. Y. Saeki
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528384629
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The Nestorian Monument in China (Classic Reprint) written by P. Y. Saeki and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Nestorian Monument in China More than nineteen years have passed since he wrote this article, and his article, short as it is, speaks volumes as to the genuineness of the stone itself. Every work on the Nestorian Monument in China after 1897 by European as well as American scholars contains some quotations from this article of his. Indeed without reference to his work the study is not complete. But he never pushed his investigation further, or at least he did not publish the result of his investigation as he promised at the end of his T'ozmg Pao article. On the other hand, Dr. Kuwabara saw the very stone at the very spot a few years ago. He published his Opinion on the stone in the gei-erm, the organ belonging to the College Of Literature of the Imperial University of Kyoto. As he is so well versed in Chinese literature and history, it goes without saying that his descriptions of the Monument and his observations on the Inscription are very valuable, whilst his bibliography is complete. But to our great disappoint ment he, too, did not go beyond the external description of the Monument. From the nature of the work he intended to do in his article perhaps he wished to avoid entering into the textual criticism of the Inscription. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.