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This figure or a later follower names the Jǐngjiào Sutras, which document a “ten-character” symbol and were made around Alopen’s visit to Emperor Tàizōng. According to legend, this figure walked across Siberia and died in the Japanese village of Shingō. (10[1])This (10[1])male (10[1])figure appeared on icons which some Nagasaki residents were forced to step on (-5[1])called fumi-e. After a vision that he was this figure’s younger brother, Hóng Xiùquán (10[1]-5[1])(“sh’yoh-ch’WEN”) proclaimed (10[1])a “Heavenly Kingdom” (10[1])in the Tàipíng Rebellion. (10[1])Silkworms were smuggled out of China by Nestorian devotees of this figure. For 10 points, Matteo Ricci and other missionaries preached in China about what Western religious figure? ■END■ (10[2])

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