Note 5 — Relation of 1627–28

This noted relic was dug up in the Chinese city of Singanfu, in 1625. It is a stone slab, containing various inscriptions in Chinese and Syriac; it was erected in the year 781, and is a monument of the early existence of the Nestorian church in China. See Yule’s account of it in his Cathay, i, pp. xci–xcvi, clxxxi–clxxxiii.