1852 — 1931
Brilliant linguist. Pioneer missionary and church planter. Trainer and educator of Chinese pastors and evangelists. Translator of the Bible. Father of novelist Pearl S. Buck.
1823 — 1890
Chinese pastor from Jiangsu, later served in Shanghai
1823 — 1889
A Hakka teaching in Kowloon, he later left the church and claimed that Christianity fulfilled the promises of Confucian teachings.
1822 — 1864
The paternal cousin of Hong Xiuquan
1820 — 1862
Son of Liang Fa
1817 — 1914
Chinese Protestant evangelist from Dongguan, Guangdong.
1817 (1822?) — 1871
Sometimes called "the first Chinese theologian"
1811 — 1874
Chinese pastor from Shunde 顺德, Guangdong
1805 — 1861
Protestant Christian, originally a temple keeper at Boluo (Poklo)博罗 in Huizhou惠州, Guangdong
1870 — 1958
Translator and author of books on China
1790 — 1850
One of the four converts baptized by Robert Morrison, and the only scholar among these
740 — 800
Persian author in the East Syrian Church [Church of the East], frequently also referred to as the "Nestorian church"