Text:
3.10 判十字以定四方。
4.1 鼓元風而生二氣。
4.2 暗空易而天地開。
| 鼓 | 元 | 風 | 而 | 生 | 二 | 氣 | |
| gŭ | yuán | fēng | ér | shēng | èr | qì | |
| (S) + | P [v | + dobj | + fw | + v | + dobj] | ||
Translations:
| Lieu/Eccles | He set the first stirrings in motion and produced the two forces |
| Deeg | (er) hat den Uratem in Rührung gebracht und (dadurch) die beiden Grundprinzipien enstehen lassen |
| Wilmshurst | he set his spirit in motion and created darkness and void |
| Ferreira | He moved the original Spirit and produced the two realms |
| Xu | Er ließ den Urwind wehen, und so wurden zwei Lüfte geboren |
| Saeki | Setting in motion the primordial spirit (wind), He produced the two principles of Nature |
| Moule | He set the original breath in motion and produced the two principles. |
| Pelliot | il a agité le Souffle primitif, afin de produire les deux principes |
| Havret | il mit en mouvement l’éther primitif, et ainsi produisit le double principe |
| Legge | He called into action the primordial wind, and produced the twofold ether |
| Wylie | He moved the original spirit, and produced the two principles of nature |
| Kircher | commovit originis spiritum et produxit. Duas mutationum causas… |
Sources:
Lieu/Eccles = S. Lieu and L. Eccles, Stele on the diffusion of the Luminous Religion of Da Qin… (www.mq.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/55987/264634.pdf, 2015)
Deeg = M. Deeg, Die Strahlende Lehre, I. Die Stele von Xi’an (Cardiff, 2015)
Wilmshurst = D. Wilmshurst (and S. Lieu), A Monument to the Spread of the Syrian Brilliant Teaching in China [ http://www.mq.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/130306/Xian-Nestorian-Monument-Paraphr..pdf, 2015
Ferreira = J. Ferreira, Early Chinese Christianity: The Tang Christian Monument and Other Documents (Sydney, 2014)
Xu Longfei, Die NEstorianische Stele in Xi’an (Bonn, 2004)
Saeki = P. Y. Saeki, The Nestorian Documents and Relics in China, 2nd ed. (Tokyo, 1951)
Moule = A. C. Moule, Christians in China before the Year 1550 (London, 1930)
Pelliot = P. Pelliot (and A. Forte), L’inscription nestorienne de Si-ngan-fou (Kyoto, 1996)
Legge = J. Legge, The Nestorian Monument of His-an Fu (London, 1888)
Havret = H. Havret, La Stèle Chrétienne de Si-Ngan-Fou, III (Shanghai, 1902)
Wylie = A. Wylie, On the Nestorian Tablet of Se-gan Foo (JAOS 5 (1855-56), pp. 275-336.
Kircher = A. Kircher, China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis… (Amsterdam, 1667)