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    Daqin (Chinese: 大秦; pinyin: Dàqín; Wade–Giles: Ta4-ch'in2; alternative transliterations include Tachin, Tai-Ch'in) is the ancient Chinese name for the...
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    The Daqin Pagoda (Chinese: 大秦塔) is a Buddhist pagoda in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an (formerly Chang'an), Shaanxi Province, China, located about two kilometres...
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  • the stele, Alopen and his fellow Syriac missionaries came to China from Daqin (the Eastern Roman Empire) in the ninth year of Emperor Taizong (Tai Tsung)...
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    Datong–Qinhuangdao railway or Daqin railway (simplified Chinese: 大秦铁路; traditional Chinese: 大秦鐵路; pinyin: Dàqín tiělù), also known as the Daqin line (simplified Chinese:...
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    records from the Han dynasty onwards, the Roman Empire came to be known as Daqin or Great Qin. The later term Fulin (拂菻) has been identified by Friedrich...
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  • Daqin Railway Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that operates several railways with a total length of 1000 km, including the Daqin Railway and most assets...
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  • rule in Central Asia. Nestorian missionaries build the Daqin Pagoda in Chang'an (Shaanxi). Daqin is the name for the Roman Empire or the Near East. Disibod...
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    Thaddeus Ma Daqin (Chinese: 马达钦; born 1968, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 2014 until 2023. He was...
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    Qin dynasty (redirect from Daqin Diguo)
    The Qin dynasty (/tʃɪn/) was the first dynasty of Imperial China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, which was a fief of the confederal Zhou...
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    square base, with a few exceptions such as the Daqin Pagoda: Four Gates Pagoda, built in 611 The Daqin Pagoda, built in 640 The Small Wild Goose Pagoda...
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    Parable, Part Two (喻第二; Yù dì èr). Sutra on the Origin of Origins (大秦景教宣元本經; Dàqín jǐng jiào xuānyuán běn jīng); now held in Osaka, Japan, by Kyōu Shooku library...
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    ancient Rome List of political systems in France List of Roman dynasties Daqin ("Great Qin"), the ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire; see also Sino-Roman...
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  • Lin Daqin, located in Sangpu Mountain, Jinshi Town, Chaozhou City, was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and is the tomb of Lin Daqin, the...
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    The Jesus Sutra, the scholar Martin Palmer claimed that the Tang-dynasty Daqin Pagoda near Xi'an is also a Nestorian Christian site. This view is partly...
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    be an ambassador representing a certain Andun (Chinese: 安 敦), ruler of Daqin, who can be identified either with Marcus or his predecessor Antoninus....
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    Germany and Italy.[citation needed] The mining-related companies include Daqin Railway Co. Ltd., which runs one of the busiest and most technologically...
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    The title of the pillar is 大秦景教宣元至本經 "Sutra on the Origin of Origins of Daqin Luminous Religion", one of the Jingjiao Documents. The pillar was erected...
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    can be 130 tonnes per wagon and tens of thousands of tonnes per train. Daqin Railway transports more than 1 million tonnes of coal to the east sea shore...
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    Nestorian Inscription". Stele to the Propagation in China of the Jingjiao of Daqin. Translated by Wylie, Alexander. Archived from the original on 26 March...
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    as the Byzantine Empire, which those histories directly associated with Daqin (i.e. the Roman Empire). The embassy sent in 643 by Boduoli (波多力) was identified...
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    Christianity portal China portal History portal Politics portal Xi'an Stele Daqin Pagoda Jingjiao Documents Rabban Bar Sauma Yahballaha III Ongud Keraites...
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  • Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire Former Qin (前秦), Di state/Di...
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    Cuisine Music Qinqiang opera Three Qins Xintianyou Visitor attractions Daqin Pagoda Banpo Neolithic village Zhao Mausoleum Mount Hua Mausoleum of the...
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  • The Daqin Pagoda, controversially claimed to be part of an early Nestorian church in what was then Chang'an, now Xi'an, China, built during the Tang dynasty...
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    existence of Christian communities in several cities in northern China. The Daqin Pagoda, a Buddhist pagoda in Zhouzhi County of Xi'an, has been suggested...
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  • Nestorian Stele 大秦景教流行中國碑 entitled "Stele to the propagation in China of the luminous religion of Daqin", was erected in 781, during the Tang dynasty...
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    Parthia. It was from here that the Han general dispatched envoy Gan Ying to Daqin (Rome). The Silk Road essentially came into being from the 1st century BCE...
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    (老铁山水道), also known as the Lau-ti-shan Channel, is the widest and deepest Daqin Channel (大钦水道) Xiaoqin Channel (小钦水道) North Tuoji Channel (北砣矶水道) South...
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  • Part of a series on Historical Chinese exonyms Anxi (Parthian Empire) Daqin (Roman Empire) Dayuan (Ferghana) Daxia (Bactria) Far West (Europe) Fulin (Eastern...
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    Part of a series on Historical Chinese exonyms Anxi (Parthian Empire) Daqin (Roman Empire) Dayuan (Ferghana) Daxia (Bactria) Far West (Europe) Fulin (Eastern...
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