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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.
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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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
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P. Y. Saeki
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ISBN - 9781528384629
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 370
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P. Y. Saeki
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ISBN - 9781330279700
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 372
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