| Record of Chosen Temple | |
|---|---|
 Rubbings of the stone stele of "The Notes of Selected Temples" | |
| Material | stone |
| Size | height 150 cm, width 76 cm, thickness 10 cm |
| Writing | Traditional Chinese |
| Created | 1351 |
| Present location | Cangnan County Museum |
The Cangnan Stele is the temple stele of the Yuan Dynasty Manichaean monastery Xuanzhen Temple (选真寺). It is the only Manichean stone monument found in the world so far. The stele has been listed in China as a national second-class cultural relic, now in the Cangnan County Museum, in Zhejiang Province.[1] The monument is 150 cm high, 76 cm wide, and 10 cm thick, half on the forehead of the round stele; the inscription is inscribed in seal script, "Xuansiji".[2] Lin Wushu called the Xuanzhen Temple according to the inscription "It was built by the church of the neighboring countries of Jiangsu, and was built before the Gai Peng family." It means that the Mingjiao of Xuanzhen Temple still inherits the tradition of Manichaeism in the Tang Dynasty, influenced by foreign religions, and is different from ordinary folk religions.[3]
- ^ Lin Shundao; Cai Tingtao (2017-08-18). Yang Daomin (ed.). "There is actually a Mingjiao site-Xuanzhen Temple in the treasury, right in..." sohu.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ Wang Ting (2008-11-28). "Wang Ting: The Records of Kong Chen-Supplementary Explanation of the Stele of "The Records of the True Temples" in Yangzhou, Yuanping". aisixiang.com. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ Lin Wushu (2004). "Chinese Mani and Nestorian Sutras and their Macro comparison" (PDF). coe21.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp. p. 147. Retrieved 2018-12-28.