Adam

the Persian mi ionary, presbyter, chore pisco pos and papas of China who wrote the Syro-Chinese inscription on the Nestor i an Tablet. On the stone his name is given as Ching ching IMG:p19_2.png:Chinese characters of the Ta Ch'in monastery IMG:p19_3.png:Chinese characters He is mentioned in a Buddhist work as having helped to translate a Buddhist sutra, and it is well known that there are Buddhist terms and expre ions on the Tablet. T'oung Pao, vol. vii, p. 589.