Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese
The Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese or SDCK was an organization established in Shanghai in the late-19th century to communicate Western concepts of Christianity and science among the Chinese.
Also recorded as Guang xue hui
Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese
- Founded
- 1887
- Headquarters
- People's Republic of China · Republic of China
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The Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese or SDCK was an organization established in Shanghai in the late-19th century to communicate Western concepts of Christianity and science among the Chinese.
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In 1887, the SDCK was founded in Shanghai and led by a group of American and British Methodist missionaries including Young John Allen, William Alexander Parsons Martin, Timothy Richard and Alexander Williamson. Its English name was changed in 1906 to the Christian Literature Society for China, reflecting in part one of its major sources of funds, the Christian Literature Society in Glasgow and in other parts of the world. The SDCK endeavored to communicate Western concepts of Christianity and science among the Chinese through the translation of materials into the Chinese language. Its members also sought to prompt legal and institutional reform in China.
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The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars. The same evidence establishes that society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese is associated with People's Republic of China and Republic of China. Recorded from 1887.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Health and wellness in antiquity through the Middle Ages / William H. Institutional cataloguing adds that society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese is recorded as publishing house. Established or created on 1 January 1887. Situated in People's Republic of China. Institutional cataloguing adds that society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge Among the Chinese is situated in Republic of China.
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