Edkins, Joseph (sold)
Joseph Edkins (December 19, 1823 – April 23, 1905), known in Chinese as Ai Dijin 艾迪瑾 or Ai Yuese 艾約瑟, was a British Protestant missionary and Sinologist who published many works on the Chinese language and Chinese religion. He was involved with several key institutions of 19th century Chinese history, including the London Missionary Society and the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, and he was one of several missionaries in Shanghai who visited the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom based in Nanjing to determine the nature of their self-proclaimed Christian faith. Many of Edkins' books were reference works, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, catalogs, etc.
Translating calendars and thought systems between the West and China.
中西合厯 / Combined Chinese and Western Calendar.
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A rare 1889 (Guangxu 15) missionary broadside printed by the Combined Learning Publishing House (同文書局), the first Chinese owned lithographic press in Shanghai. The broadside attempts to link the wonders of western technology, such as trains and suspension bridges, with Christianity. (more details)