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In the same year, French Sinologists Shawan and Perch and translated the scripture into French and considered them as Manichaean scripture. [2] The manuscript is in scrolls, with an incomplete head. It currently has 345 lines and approximately 7,000 characters. It is currently the only Chinese Manichean classic in China.
The Xiabuzan (Chinese: 下部讚 [1]) is a Chinese Manichaean hymn scroll found by British archaeologist Aurel Stein in the Mogao Grottoes. It contains a series of hymns used in religious ceremonies. It is currently held at the British Library, where it is catalogued as number S.2659. [2] [3]
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi states in her article A Visual Sermon on Mani's Teaching of Salvation: . The Manichaean origin of this Chinese painting is unquestionable for three principal reasons: its dedicatory inscription that bestowed the object on a Chinese Manichaean temple most likely at Ningbo, in Zhejiang province; the iconography of its main deity, Mani, as well as that of the elect (Manichaean ...
Chinese Manichaeism, also known as Monijiao (Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào; Wade–Giles: Mo 2-ni 2 Chiao 4; lit. 'religion of Moni') or Mingjiao (Chinese: 明教; pinyin: Míngjiào; Wade–Giles: Ming 2-Chiao 4; lit. 'religion of light or 'bright religion'), is the form of Manichaeism transmitted to and currently practiced in China.
Manichaeism (/ ˌ m æ n ɪ ˈ k iː ɪ z əm /; [4] in Persian: آئین مانی Āʾīn-ī Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, [5] founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian [6] prophet Mani (216–274 CE), in the Sasanian Empire.
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Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies (NHMS; ISSN 0929-2470) is an academic book series on Gnosticism, the Nag Hammadi library, Manichaeism, and related subjects. [1] The series was founded as Nag Hammadi Studies ( NHS ; ISSN 0169-7749 ) in 1971 and is published by Brill . [ 2 ]
Eight silk hanging scrolls with Manichaean didactic images from southern China from between the 12th and the 15th centuries, which can be divided into four categories: Two single portraits (depicting Mani and Jesus) Icon of Mani; Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus; One scroll depicting Salvation Theory (Soteriology)