The History of Sino Roman Relations in China

The first christian missionary to come to china, arrived nine and a half centuries before the jesuit greats, gieri and rici. By six 38, the nestorians had made great penetration and were well protected by the tang government. The cosy partnership between the nestorian fathers and the tong government came crashing down after the dais leaning song emperor signed off on his infamous edict of eight forty two that green ted an outpouring of religious persecution.