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[[underline]]KAIFENGFU[[underline]]
My plans for the Spring included visits to Kaifengfu, Honanfu, and the kiln sites of southwest Honan, as well as the trip to Sianfu. Kaifeng was therefore the city to which I turned my steps on leaving Hankow. It is of great antiquity and has been at various early times the capital of the Middle Kingdom. It is also reported as the site of [[underline]] Chun yao [[underline]] kilns and is the only place in China known to have been inhabited by a Jewish colony.
[[underline]] JEWISH [[underline]] From Bishop Roots I had obtained letters of [[underline]]TABLETS[[underline]] introduction to Bishop White of the Canadian Presbyterian church at Kaifeng fu, who has been active in preserving the few relics of the Chinese Jewish colony which still remain.  It was at his house that I had an opportunity to examine the rubbing from two inscribed stones (1) set up by the local synagogue in the years A.D. 1489 and A.D. 1512. He told me further of a fine rubbing from an engraved stone attributed to Wu Tao Tze which he saw at the "Three Emperor temple" at Kwei te fu, the original of which is said to be in a temple near Ssu Chow, Honan. He also told me of seeing the grave of the last Shang Emperor (d. B.C. 1122) some twenty [[underline]] li [[underline]] South West of Kwei te fu, Honan. About thirty [[underline]] li [[underline]] North of the same city is thought to be the site of "Ma mu tse" where "the battle of the plains of Mu" was fought. He suggested that the region would be a rich one for archeological research.
(1) Chavannes Pl. CCCCXIX. Nos. 934, 935, 936.