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Message Subject Buried deep in the Taisho Tripitaka Buddhist Cannon, I found several ancient Christian texts
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Looking at Number 2144, it contained a number of characters I don't recognize. HOWEVER, the title is very close to the title on this tablet:

https://imgur.com/12qTHVj


Is the text the same? I can't vouch for that, but there seems to be relationship. So while I won't attempt to translate 2144 (not yet anyway), I will give you the information on this tablet, which, fortunately for us, is rather famous:

[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]

"The heading on the stone, Chinese for Memorial of the Propagation in China of the Luminous Religion from Daqin...The name of the stele can also be translated as "A Monument Commemorating the Propagation of the Ta-Chin Luminous Religion in the Middle Kingdom" (the church referred to itself as "The Luminous Religion of Daqin", Daqin being the Chinese language term for the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD."

A translation of the tablet into English was made in the 1800s and can be found here:
[link to sourcebooks.fordham.edu (secure)]

A nice excerpt:

Twenty-seven sacred books [the number in the New Testament] have been left, which disseminate intelligence by unfolding the original transforming principles. By the rule for admission, it is the custom to apply the water of baptism, to wash away all superficial show and to cleanse and purify the neophytes. As a seal, they hold the cross, whose influence is reflected in every direction, uniting all without distinction. As they strike the wood, the fame of their benevolence is diffused abroad; worshiping toward the east, they hasten on the way to life and glory; they preserve the beard to symbolize their outward actions, they shave the crown to indicate the absence of inward affections; they do not keep slaves, but put noble and mean all on an equality; they do not amass wealth, but cast all their property into the common stock; they fast, in order to perfect themselves by self-inspection; they submit to restraints, in order to strengthen themselves by silent watchfulness; seven times a day they have worship and praise for the benefit of the living and the dead; once in seven days they sacrifice, to cleanse the heart and return to purity.

It is difficult to find a name to express the excellence of the true and unchangeable doctrine; but as its meritorious operations are manifestly displayed, by accommodation it is named the Illustrious Religion. Now without holy men, principles cannot become expanded; without principles, holy men cannot become magnified; but with holy men and right principles, united as the two parts of a signet, the world becomes civilized and enlightened."
 
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