You will be aware, anyhow, that Nestorian Christianity was widespread throughout Asia during the Middle Ages, and that its memory lingered long after its actual decay.

无论如何，你会知道，在中世纪，景教在整个亚洲广泛传播，它的记忆在它真正衰落后很久仍挥之不去。

It was not, however, from Lhasa but from Pekin, in the year 1719, that four Capuchin friars set out in search of any remnants of the Nestorian faith that might still be surviving in the hinterland.

然而，1719 年，四名嘉布遣会修道士并非来自拉萨，而是来自北京，开始寻找内地可能仍然存在的任何景教残余。