Xian-jiao; Hsien-chiao

Japanese: 祆教 - けんきょう（英語表記）Xian-jiao; Hsien-chiao

The Chinese name for Persian Zoroastrianism when it spread to China via Central Asia. This religion, which was the state religion of the Sassanid Empire, was introduced to northern China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties by Sogdian merchants engaged in East-West trade. Documents indicate that in the Northern Dynasties, Sui, and Tang dynasties, administrators for believers called Safu (Saho) were appointed, and that there were ji shrines in Chang'an and other places during the Tang dynasty. Most of the believers were foreign residents, and the religion had little penetration into Han society. It was suppressed during the anti-Buddhist movement in 845 and declined.

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Japanese:

ペルシアのゾロアスター教が中央アジアを経て中国に流入した際，中国での呼称。ササン朝の国教であったこの宗教は，東西交易に従事するソグド商人らにより南北朝時代華北に伝来。北朝，隋，唐で薩甫 (薩宝 ) という教徒の管理官を設けたり，唐代長安などに祆祠の存在したことが文献に伝わる。信徒は大部分が在留外人であったらしく，漢人社会にはほとんど浸透しなかった。会昌5 (845) 年の廃仏の際弾圧をこうむり，衰えた。

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