110/113 Joyous solemnities were inaugurated, and the Empire entered on a wide course of prosperity. Tai-Tsoung (764), a lettered and a warlike emperor, propagated the holy revolution. He sought for peace and tranquillity. Every year, at the hour of the Nativity (Christmas), he burnt celestial perfumes in remembrance of the divine benefit; he prepared imperial feasts, to honor the _luminous_ (Christian) multitude. This stone was raised in the second year of Kien-Tchoung of the great dynasty of Thang (A.D. |