1887 annual events: founded in Shanghai hyms preacher

This year, a group of British and American missionaries and merchants in Shanghai MBT Kafala, consular and established a publishers, the agency later called "hyms". For WeiLian launched British missionary princes, China customs total tax department head first chairman. Any WeiLian minister, lee timothy successively served as director-general. Agency for the purpose of "the west countries, the study of Chinese learning wide wide of the west countries JiuXue" China new, compiled and published a large number of religious, political, scientific books, issued in chritian ", at the same time, to promote Christianity spread the western modern freedom, democracy concept, called on the implementation of the reform of political system.

The historical transformation of modern China hyms the impact of whatever overestimate too much. Qing dynasty i898 and New Deal can say is the direct result of hyms enlightenment -- according to not complete count, since 1890 to 1911, more than 400 kinds of hyms were published more than 1 million copies of books, from western 1898, emperor guangxu valuable to implement New Deal and widely in the western civilization, a western find books, 129 for 89. Published by hyms Say none exaggeratively, hyms Chinese intellectuals in late qing MBT Fora,dynasty, is the most reliable study and understand the preferred way west.

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WeiLian hyms sponsors is British princes, in 1855 namely missionary to China, in 1877, WeiLian minister LinLe known contact hart, MuWeiLian and other famous in China, foreigners who hyms founded. Webster established for the society tenet is: "in China and her colonies and dependency wide spread of western academic based on Christian principles, familiar with locals way of thinking, and on the basis of the position with Chinese writing books on the subject, make suitable to guide and upgrade, especially through the effect it more knowledge MBT Goti,and leadership class, guide and upgrade...... open Chinese thoughts."

The drafting of a "in 1887 with documents will launch book, founded the merriam-webster hyms speak cogently two purposes: one is the supply of books for China high-grade intelligence class reading; 2 it is attached to the supply of Chinese family illustrated books to read. Webster's view, if will substantially affect the entire China, must be sought from literary intelligentsia - ",mbt shoes sale only when we won the respect of the scholars in China, we went to the career.