Nevertheless, Manich?ism held its own in Persia with Nestorian Christianity and orthodox Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) for some centuries. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
To the court of Tai-tsung came an embassy from Byzantium, and, what is more significant, from Persia came a company of Nestorian missionaries (631). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Until the later days of the Mings (1644) little more is heard of Christianity, whether Nestorian or Catholic, in China. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But so did the Moslem historians, because of that mosque at Canton, and so did the Christian writers, because of the Nestorian envoys (631). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Apparently they were a tribe of Nestorian Tartars in Mongolia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
These extremely interesting Asiatic Christians are known in history as the Nestorian Church, and their influence extended into China. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But the Nestorians were not the only teachers available for the Arabs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A still more remarkable embassy also came to the court of Tai-tsung in the year 628, three years earlier than the Nestorians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.