The Nestorian Monument in China #224434

More than nineteen years have passed Since he wrote this article, and his article, short as it is, speaks volumes as to the genuineness of the stone itself. Every work on the Nestorian Monument in China after 1897 by European as well as American scholars contains some quotations from this article of his. Indeed without reference to his work the study is not complete. But he never pushed his investigation further, or at least he did not publish the result of his investigation as he promised at the end of his T bung Pao article. On the other hand, Dr. Kuwabara saw the very stone at the very spot a few years ago. He published his Opinion on the stone in the gei-bzw, the organ belonging to the College of Literature of the Imperial University of Kyoto. As he is so well versed in Chinese literature and history, it goes without saying that his descriptions Of the Monument and his observations on the Inscription are very valuable, whilst his bibliography is complete. But to our great disappoint ment he, too, did not go beyond the external description of the Monument. From the nature of the work he intended to do in his article perhaps he wished to avoid entering into the textual criticism of the Inscription.