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According to the Stele, Taizong welcomed Alopen and arranged for the translation of the holy writings he had brought with him at the
Imperial Library. Upon studying them, Taizong, a great scholar and patron, found them most acceptable and arranged for their dissemination. Indeed, four
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religions in his personal religion that was enforced by laws that demanded his subjects practice tolerance. Alopen and
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