在华五十年

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版权页：   I also began to evaluate missionary methods. Acceptance for baptismwas chiefly a matter of doctrinal beliefs in simplified form, attendanceon Sunday services and the rigid keeping of that day, more thanin the moral and social implications of the Gospel. Repudiation of ancestor-worship seemed to be a needlessly harsh aggravation of thedifficulties for the Chinese convert. Worship was chiefly preaching, withno sensuous appeal through the pageantry of ritual, artistic adornmentand such, all of which are instinctive among Chinese. In general thetendency was toward a somewhat severe, repressive, formalizedconception of religion, which was a natural fruition of accepted standardsin the parent Church. In other missions, and latterly in most of them,there have been notable changes in all these matters. A far more serious problem, then at its worst, was the abuse of thesecular power represented by the governments supposedly behind themissionaries. Roman Catholics, through the Concordat with the FrenchGovernment claimed official status for their hierarchy and protectedtheir members in lawsuits and other political issues. To join a Churchmeant political and economic security. This statement is made withoutimpugning the motives of the Catholic priests. Still less is there criticismof their piety and devotion for which I have the greatest admiration. But itled to false reasons for joining the Church and to constant legalinjusticesdue to the fear Chinese officials had of complications with the Great Powers which were too often made the pretext for additi.onal territorialor commercial concessions. Chinese workers in Protestant missions were appealed to to help relatives or neighbors in difficulties and alsohad the temptation to supplement their meager salaries by assisting insuch negotiations.

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司徒雷登(1876-1962)，美国基督教长老会传教士。外交官，教育家。1876年6月生于杭州，父母均为美国在华传教士。1904年开始在中国传教，曾参加建立杭州育英书院(即后来的之江大学)。1908年，应南京金陵神学院聘请，司徒雷登携妻儿离杭赴任。1919年起任燕京大学校长、校务长。1946年任美国驻华大使，1949年8月离开中国。1962年9月19日逝于美国华盛顿。

书籍目录

A PREFATORY NOTE ON JOHN LEIGHTON STUAR

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD

1 ANCESTRY AND EARLY YEARS

2 COLLEGE ANDTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

3 BACK TO CHINA

4 YENCHLNG UNIVERSITY--A DREAM THAT CAME TRUE

5 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF YENCHING DAYS

6 PERSONALITIES ON THE CHINESE SCENE

7 THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION AND AN ISLANDOF FREEDOM

8 INCARCERATION AND RELEASE

9 CALL TO DIPLOMACY

10 THE DREAM THAT DID NOT COME TRUE

11 MOUNTING PERPLEXITIES

12 BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN

13 TO WASHINGTON AND IN WASHINGTON

14 REFLECTIONS IN RETIREMENT

15 THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA: "WHAT POLICY NOW?".

APPENDIX

编辑推荐

《在华50年:司徒雷登回忆录(英文版)》由中央编译出版社出版。

作者简介

《在华50年:司徒雷登回忆录(英文版)》讲述了司徒雷登的在华五十年，是一本回忆录，司徒雷登自幼生长在中国杭州下城区的耶稣堂弄间，操一口纯正的杭州话，“是一个中国人更多于是一个美国人”。自1919年司徒雷登被任命为燕京大学校长，司徒雷登便为这座学校奔走驰驱，建造起美轮美奂的燕园，以重金延请邓之诚、郭绍虞、容庚、钱穆、吴文藻等一批大学者来校任教。1927年，司徒雷登更一手促成燕大与哈佛合作，组成了著名的哈佛燕京学社。抗日期间，司徒雷登被关押在日本人的监牢内，战后又出任驻华大使，可以说，他的一生有大半时间与中国的教育、时政难解难分。

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