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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 (10[1])Nagasaki residents were forced to step (10[1])on (10[1])called (10[1])fumi-e. (10[1])After a vision (10[1])that he was this figure’s younger brother, Hóng Xiùquán (10[2])(“sh’yoh-ch’WEN”) proclaimed a (10[1])“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■

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