Jingjiao Documents

Their language and content reflect varying levels of interaction with Chinese culture, including use of Buddhist and Taoist terminology.

"[4] Sinologist Martin Palmer has attempted to describe these collectively as sutras to connect the documents to Buddhism, given their tendency to use Buddhist terminology.

Palmer recently claimed, on the basis of research conducted by scholars in the 1930s, that the Daqin Pagoda near Lou Guan Tai was part of a Da Qin monastery.

[citation needed] Lou Guan Tai was the traditional site of Lao Tze's composition of the Tao Te Ching.

Buried during a time of religious persecution in the 9th century, the stele was re-discovered in 1625 and is now on display in nearby Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty.