Liang Jinde was educated in Singapore and studied with missionary Elijah Bridgman. He was an interpreter for Lin Zexu 林则徐 during the Opium War 1839-1842, aiding Lin to obtain information on Western geography and culture. Liang Jinde worked for a salt merchant and then returned to assist Bridgman with the Delegates’ version of the Bible. At the age of 36 he joined the church. See the story on Liang Fa.
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Taken with permission from:
Leopold Leeb, "Christians Born Before 1830: Pioneers and Partners of Foreign Missionaries in the Coastal Areas, Courageous Witnesses in the Hinterland," in Dictionary of the History of Christianity in China, ed. Wojciech Rybka, Piotr Adamek, and Sonja Meiting Huang (Fu Jen University Press: Taipei, Taiwan, 2024), 57.
