As early as AD 781 the writer of the Xi'an Fu inscription described the spread of Syriac
Christianity (called Jingjiao in Chinese) to China as a wind blowing eastward. The discovery of
the Xi'an Fu Stele the Dunhuang Jingjiao Manuscripts the numerous Syriac tombstones and
fragments in Central Asia and many parts of China has unearthed a buried history of Syriac
Christianity from the Tang Dynasty to the time of the Mongol Empire. The papers in this volume
cover a wide range of topics from manuscripts and inscription to the historical liturgical
and theological perspectives of Syriac Christianity in this geographic realm.
