Primary Sources
Five Stone Inscriptions Carved on Three Tablets
§ Stone Inscription of 1489, Hong-zhi Stele (弘治碑), Record of the Rebuilding of the Pure and Truth Temple (重建清真寺记) — extant
§ Stone Inscription of 1512, Zheng-de Stele (正德碑), Record of Temple that Respected the Way and the Scripture (尊崇道经寺记) — extant
§ Stone Inscription of 1663a, Kang-xi Stele a (康熙碑a), Record of the Rebuilding of Pure and Truth Temple (重建清真寺记) — ink rubbing available
§ Stone Inscription of 1663b, Kang-xi Stele b (康熙碑b), Acknowledgements on the Back of the Tablet (碑阴提名) — text available
§ Stone Inscription of 1679, Record of the History of the Ancestral Hall (祠堂述古碑记) — extant
Synagogue Plaques
§ Ai Clan Memorial Archway (艾氏牌坊)
§ Zhao Clan Memorial Archway (赵氏牌坊)
§ Twenty-three horizontal wooden plaques (匾)
§ Seventeen vertical wooden plaques (联)
Synagogue Books
§ Torah (妥拉)
§ Square Scriptures (方经)
§ Miscellaneous Scriptures(散经)
§ Chinese-Hebrew Memorial Book (汉文-希伯来文谱牒)
Chinese Official Records
§ Annals of Zhen-zhong, 真宗紀
§ Code of Yuan, 元典章
§ History of Yuan, 元史
§ Local Gazetteers 地方志
§ Veritable Records of Ming Tai-zu, 明太祖实录
§ Veritable Records of Ming Ying-zong, 明英宗实录
§ Veritable Records of the Ming (明实录)
Chinese non-official Records
§ Diary of the Defence of Kaifeng, 守汴日志, c. 1650
§ New Tales from the Mountain Dweller, 山居新話, 1360
§ Record as in a Dream, 如梦录, c. 1650
Writings of early Arabs and Europeans adventurers
§ Ibn Wahab, 815
§ Soleiman al-Tajir (苏莱曼), 851
§ Abu Zayd Hasan al-Sirafi (賽義德哈桑), 878
§ Eldad HaDani (埃尔达德但尼), 880
§ Ibn Shahriyar, 953
§ Benjamin of Tudela (都德拉的便雅闵), 1170
§ Marco Polo (马可波罗), 1286
§ John of Montecorvino (蒙特考维诺的约翰), 1299
§ Andrew of Perugia (贝茹奇亚的安德茹), 1326
§ John of Marignolli ((马瑞格诺力的约翰), 1342
§ Ibn Battuta (伊本白图泰), 1354
§ Galeote Pereira, 1565
Letters of early Jesuits
§ Father Matteo Ricci (利玛窦), 1605
§ Father Jean-Paul Gozani (骆保禄), 1704
§ Father Jean Domenge (孟正气), 1721
§ Father Antoine Gaubil (宋君荣), 1723
Publications of missionaries and visitors
§ George Smith (施美夫), Qiu Tian-sheng (邱天生), Jiang Rong-ji (蒋荣基), 1851
§ W.A.P. Martin (丁韪良), 1866
§ Samuel Schereschewsky (施约瑟), 1867
§ Jacob L. Liebermann (利伯曼), 1867
§ Dennis J. Mills (密尔斯), 1890
§ A.S. Annaud, 1893
§ Hong Jun (洪钧), 1897
§ Jonas Lehmann (雷曼), 1899
§ Simeone Volonteri (安西滿), 1899
§ Robert Powell (鲍威尔), 1900
§ Philippe Berthelot (贝特洛), 1905
§ Oliver Bainbrige (班布里奇), 1906
§ Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (马达汉), 1908
§ Zhang Xiang-wen (张相文), 1910
§ Shi Jing-xun (时经训), 1913
§ Charles Daniel Tenney (丁家立), 1918
§ Harry Alverson Franck (弗兰克), 1923
§ Arthur Sopher (索菲), 1924
§ Horne and Sokolsky, 1924
§ Donald MacGillivray (季理斐), 1928
§ David Abraham Brown (布郎), 1932
§ Walter Fuchs (福克斯), 1937
§ Harrison Forman (福尔曼), 1938
§ Sogabe Shizuo and Mikami Teicho, 1940
§ William Charles White (怀履光), 1910–1935
Other sources
§ Account of Tie Ding-an (铁定安), 1849
§ Letter from Zhao Nian-zu (赵念祖), 1850
§ Interviews with Li Jing-cheng (李金诚) and others in Shanghai, c. 1902