Nestorian Stele

Summary

Nestorian Stele is a stele^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of stele entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nestorian Stele is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Nestorian Stele's image is recorded as Nestorian-Stele-Budge-plate-III.jpg^[4].
• Nestorian Stele's image is recorded as Nestorian-Stele-Budge-plate-X.jpg^[5].
• Nestorian Stele's instance of is recorded as stele^[6].
• Daqin is named after Nestorian Stele^[7].
• Nestorian Stele's Commons category is recorded as Nestorian Stele^[8].
• Nestorian Stele's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese^[9].
• Nestorian Stele's language of work or name is recorded as Syriac^[10].
• +0781-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nestorian Stele^[11].
• Nestorian Stele's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.16, 'lon': 108.56}^[12].
• Nestorian Stele's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_tqd^[13].
• Nestorian Stele's has edition or translation is recorded as The Nestorian Monument^[14].
• Nestorian Stele's main subject is recorded as Nestorianism^[15].
• Nestorian Stele's described by source is recorded as Tang Jingjiao Beisong Zhengquan^[16].
• Nestorian Stele's heritage designation is recorded as cultural relic forbidden to be exhibited abroad^[17].
• Nestorian Stele's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '大秦景教流行中國碑'}^[18].
• Nestorian Stele's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '粵若常然真寂，先先而无元；窅然靈虗，後後而妙有。惣玄摳而造化，妙衆聖以元尊者，其唯我三一妙身无元真主阿羅訶歟！判十字以㝎四方，皷元風而生二氣。暗空易而天地開，日月運而晝夜作。匠成厏物，然立初人。別賜良和，令鎮化海。渾元之性，虗而不盈。素蕩之心，夲無希嗜。洎乎娑殫施妄，鈿飾純精。閒平大扵此是之中，隟冥同於彼非之內。是以三百六十五種，肩随結轍。𥪰織法羅，或𢫾物以託宗，或空有以淪二，或禱祀以邀福，或伐善以矯人。智慮營營，恩情役役。茫然無得，煎迫轉燒，積昧亡途，久迷休復。'}^[19].
• Nestorian Stele's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'arc', 'text': 'ܓܒܪܝܐܝܠ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܐܟܝܕܝܩܘܢ ܘܪܫ ܥܕܬܐ ܕܟܘܡܕܐܢ ܘܕܣܪܓ'}^[20].
• Nestorian Stele's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[21].

Why It Matters

Nestorian Stele ranks in the top 6% of stele entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]