ABSTRACT
There is a considerable number of modern Chinese scholars who regard themselves as Christians, but there are very few who explicitly express their ideas about Christ and the role of Christianity in China. John C.H. Wu is one of them. He reflected and wrote extensively on the subject. Wu was an exceptionally gifted man, whose mind found rich stimulation and nourishment in the intellectual and cultural climate he lived in. Actually, it was in many regards a time of growing scepticism and doubt and of critical search for new vistas. Chinese history, according to Wu, has seen innumerable instances of exemplary friendship between man and man like the one between the most famous lute-player of ancient China Po Ya and his great connoisseur Chung Tse Ch'i or the very special friendship between Confucius and his most cherished disciple Yen Hui.
