ABSTRACT

This work focuses on the 19th-century mission conducted by Chinese evangelists among the Hakka, an ethnic minority in south China. The principal part of the text comprises the autobiographies of eight pioneer missionaries who offer insight into village life and customs of the Hakka people.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|19 pages

Biography of Jiang Jiaoren

chapter 3|23 pages

Biography of Zhang Fuxing

chapter 4|16 pages

Biography of Dai Wenguang

chapter 5|9 pages

Biography of Xu Fuguang

chapter 6|5 pages

Biography of Zhang Zhongmu

chapter 7|27 pages

Autobiography of Lai Xinglian

chapter 8|9 pages

Biography of Zhang Yunfa

chapter 10|7 pages

Poverty in the Highlands

chapter 12|10 pages

Social Disorder, Lineage Feuds, and Banditry

chapter 13|10 pages

Hakka Women

chapter 15|10 pages

Deterrants and Hardships

chapter 16|8 pages

Arrival of Westerners and Persecution

chapter 17|7 pages

Challenges to Confucian Society: Women

chapter 18|9 pages

Parochial Education

chapter 19|13 pages

Autonomy, Expansion, and Indigenization

chapter 20|12 pages

Epilogue