Description
The "Mingxian Book Series" is the first set of book series launched by the Spiritual Literature and Art Publishing House in the International Spiritual Literature and Art. This book series uses fictional or non-fictional literary forms to write about the characters and events of modern Chinese Christian history.
From the introduction of Tangzhen Guanjian Nestorianism to China in 635 AD, to the arrival of Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci in 1583; from the ritual dispute between the Qing government and the Holy See in 1633, the Russian Orthodox Church was introduced to China and China in 1689 The initial contact, intersection, and conflict between civilization and Western civilization are all related to Christian missions. In 1807, the Protestant missionary Morrison came to China, and published a Chinese translation of the New and Old Testament in Malacca in 1823. The Nanjing Treaty was signed in 1842. Foreign missionaries finally obtained the right to preach freely within the five ports along the coast of China. The missionaries sent missionaries to China one after another. Later, Dai Desheng founded the Mainland China Association, and Timothy Li founded the Guangxi Society. In this complex historical stage where Chinese and Western civilizations intersect, when the Christian faith blesses the land of China, the tension between church culture and secular culture, Western culture and Chinese tradition is also intensified, and the political situation of the Qing Dynasty building will fall, Finally led to the horrific Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
Afterwards, through the compensation of Gengzi, church schools, hospitals, etc. were built all over the country, and Christianity entered all levels of Chinese society, especially in the fields of education, medical treatment, technology, and culture. In 1912, the Republic of China was established, and Christianity had a legal status in China. In 1919, the whole version of the New and Old Testament of the Chinese version of the Hehe version was published. It became one of the pioneers of the vernacular movement and played a positive role in the modern Chinese new culture movement. At the same time, the Christian church organization began to flourish: in 1920, Shi Meiyu and Hu Zunli founded the "Bethel Church" and the orphanage in Shanghai; in 1921, they founded the "Jesus Family" church in Mazhuang, Shandong; 1922 Ni Yunsheng and others Fuzhou began to establish a "family gathering place" ... From 1936 to 1949, it experienced the Sino-Japanese War and the Civil War between the Communist Party and the Communist Party. Christians increased from 530,000 to 830,000. During the period, only the famous evangelist Song Shangjie rescued 100,000 souls in the midst of battle. Chinese Christians and churches have had beautiful testimony in all areas of society, and have had a huge impact on the people of all walks of life.
It can be said that in the history of modern China, the growth and experience of the Christians and the Christian church itself, as well as their situation in Chinese society, are of great significance for studying and presenting the evolution of Chinese modern culture and civilization. This group of people, including Western missionaries and Chinese Christians, their life stories are not only ups and downs due to the external environment, but also deep and peculiar because of the internal cultural and religious tension. Presenting this group of people in literary fiction and non-fiction, on the one hand, allows us to clarify and reflect on the relationship between Chinese and Western cultures, as well as the various reactions and reactions generated after the Christian faith entered Chinese society, Chinese culture, and Chinese individual lives Change; on the other hand, writing and publishing "Mingxian Book Series" also fills the gap in Chinese literature. Because the Chinese Christian community has truly lived and influenced in modern China, but has become an invisible person in Chinese literature. Their unique lifestyles, thoughts and deeds, joys and sorrows, life and destiny ... hardly ever show them in reality. Ever.
