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