February 4, 781

The Nestorian Stele is erected at Chang'an

On 4 February 781 a Chinese and Syriac stele at Chang'an records the Church of the East in Tang China, from the arrival of Alopen in 635. Composed by the monk Jingjing, it was buried probably in 845 and found in the 1620s. It was long suspected a forgery; scholars now accept it.