MEDHURST (Walter Henry).
A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, with a view to the elucidation of the most appropriate term for expressing the Deity, in the Chinese language.
MEDHURST (Walter Henry).
A Dissertation on the Theology of the Chinese, with a view to the elucidation of the most appropriate term for expressing the Deity, in the Chinese language.
“The following Dissertation, as the title imports, was written with the view of elucidating the views of the Chinese on the subject of theology, in order to enable Christian writers, and translators of the Scriptures, to ascertain what would be the best term by which to express the name of God, in Chinese. To set the question in a true light, it was thought necessary to refer to the classical writings, and especially those of the Confucian school ; because these always have, and still do, exercise the greatest influence over the mind of China.” (Preface, p. I). Rare in commerce.
See: JOHN T. P. LAI: ‘Doctrinal Dispute within Interdenominational Missions: The Shanghai Tract Committee in the 1840s’. In: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 20, No. 3 (JULY 2010), pp. 307-317
