Towards 1280, the Nestorian monk Rabban Sauma and his young companion Mark left Dadu, name of Beijing under the Mongols, and undertook a long pilgrimage to the West.

• 到了1280年，景教隐士拉邦扫玛与他的年轻伴侣马尔谷离开大都（即北京）往西方朝圣。