Manichaean Compendium

The Manichean Compendium is a Manichaean manuscript found in the Mogao Caves.

It was written in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang by the Persian missionary Fuduo in 731.

It briefly summarizes the basic teachings and rituals of the religion, and is an introductory document for understanding Manichaeism.

The first volume was discovered by Hungarian British archaeologist Aurel Stein in 1907.

[3] After investigating the content and historical background of "Yilue", Lin Wushu believes that the manuscript is not a translation, but a doctrinal explanatory essay written directly in Chinese by Fengzhao.