Shanxi is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin (晋 pinyin jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Shanxi's name literally means "mountains' west", which refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north. The capital of the province is Taiyuan.
1908 ~ 1939
Medical missionary of the China Inland Mission. Served at the Wilmay Memorial Hospital in Changzhi, Shanxi Province as an attending physician and hospital director. Died at a young age after contracting typhoid from a wounded soldier he treated.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission
1861 ~ 1906
Missionary to China of the Baptist Missionary Society.
Affiliation: Baptist Missionary Society
1804 ~ 1866
Second prefect apostolic of the Hong Kong Catholic Church (1843-47 and 1850-55).
Affiliation: Order of Friars Minor | Other Locales:
1908 ~ 1988
Missionary in China, foreign secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, and ecumenical statesman.
Affiliation: Baptist Missionary Society | Other Locales:
1840 ~ 1896
British Wesleyan Methodist missionary to China.
Affiliation: English Wesleyan Methodist Society | Other Locales:
1861 ~ 1946
British missionary, administrator, and evangelist in China.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales:
1898 ~ 1994
Medical missionary to China.
Affiliation: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | Other Locales:
1655 ~ 1728
Jesuit missionary in China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Other Locales:
1905 ~ 1996
Missionary of the China Inland Mission, and writer on China.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Other Locales:
1900 ~ 1996
Chinese Philosophy professor and university administrator.
Affiliation: Yenching University | Other Locales:
1845 ~ 1919
Baptist Missionary Society missionary in China.
Affiliation: Baptist Missionary Society | Other Locales:
1861 ~ 1931
English missionary and evangelist in China, one of the famed Cambridge Seven.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission
1566 ~ 1640
First Italian Jesuit missionary in Shanxi, China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus
1521 ~ 1644
Well-known Chinese Catholic in the late Ming period.
Affiliation: Catholic Church in China | Other Locales:
1883 ~ 1966
British missionary in China, accomplished Chinese scholar and foreign secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society during the turbulent 1940s.
Affiliation: Baptist Missionary Society | Other Locales:
1835 ~ 1896
Chinese evangelist, pastor, hymn composer, and founder of opium refuges.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission
Church leader, rural educator, and professor of New Testament.
Affiliation: Church of Christ in China | Other Locales:
