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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. This male figure (10[1])appeared on icons which some Nagasaki residents were forced to step on (-5[1])called fumi-e. (10[4])After a vision that he (10[1])was this figure’s younger brother, (10[1])Hóng Xiùquán (10[2])(“sh’yoh-ch’WEN”) proclaimed a “Heavenly Kingdom” (10[1])in the Tàipíng Rebellion. Silkworms were (10[1])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[1])

ANSWER: Jesus Christ [or Jesus Christ; or Jesus of Nazareth; accept Yēsū or Yēsū Jīdū; accept Iesu or Iesu Kirisuto] (The Jesus Sutras often refer to the cross as “ten-character.”)
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