Tao and Colleagues Publish on a Yuan Dynasty Manichaean Cliff Inscription in Fujian, China

Graduate student Yuqing Tao surveyed this stone inscription site, which primarily bears the Manichaean verse:"Purity, Light, Power, Wisdom (清浄光明大力智慧)," along with the year of its completion (1335) and the patron's name. After presenting the survey results, Tao argues that this site extends the known northwestern boundary of Manichaean sites in the southeast coast region of China and provides a rare, reliable, and early spatiotemporal reference for studying the spread of Manichaeism in Fujian during the Yuan Dynasty. Tao recently published this article in the monographic series: Shikusi yanjiu No. 18 石窟寺研究第十八 (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2026)), pp. 152-167.