Pseud Aihanze (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Xinjiapo (Singapore), Jian Xia Shu Yuan (American Board Mission Press), [1836 CE =] Dõkõ 16., 1836
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basket8vo (135 x 240 mm). Five parts bound in one. Comprises title-page (dyed yellow) and 30 folding leaves. Text written in traditional Chinese script, a few corrections in ink. Original paper wrappers, bound in the traditional Chinese style. First edition of a religious tract by the Lutheran missionary Karl Gützlaff (1803-51), who w…rote under the Christian pen-name of Aihanze: one of the earliest Chinese books to be printed in Singapore. It comprises five parts dealing respectively with morality in Holy Scripture, Christian ethics, the Saviour, theory of prayer and explanations of the law, and the doctrine of Christ. An early attempt to integrate Jesus within the concept of the Confucian ideal, this publication focuses on the Sermon on the Mount, a collection of Jesus's teachings from the Gospel of Matthew, followed by an exposition of the passages. - This is the earliest Singapore-printed Chinese book of which the National Library of Singapore owns a copy. Gützlaff, a controversial figure, was a Protestant missionary to Batavia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and China; he made trips along the Chinese coast and nearby areas to preach and distribute tracts, in violation of contemporary Chinese laws. Gützlaff was a talented linguist and quickly acquired Chinese, Hakka, and Malay; he also had some knowledge of Thai, Japanese, and the language of the Cambodians, skills which enabled him to serve the British government on several diplomatic missions. In order to raise funds for his missionary work, Gützlaff also worked as a translator for a British company selling opium to the Chinese, attracting criticism from other missionaries. - Published by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Singapore, for distribution throughout Chinese-speaking Asia. The Mission Press was established in Singapore in 1823; in its early years it published mainly works in English. Very rare: only two known library copies (at the National Library of Singapore and U.C. San Diego). - Wrappers have small chips and tears and a light stain. New stitching. - Wylie, Memorials of Protestant Missions to the Chinese, p. 57, no. 11. R. Covell, Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ. A History of the Gospel (2004), p. 95. Not in Cordier or in Löwendahl.
