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Upon reading it Hung believed he had found the key to explain the strange things that had happened to him in his dreams and visions.
Soon he was formulating the initial ideology upon which the Taiping movement was based. It was a strange mixture of that which was traditionally Chinese and new elements derived from the Christian teachings of the foreigners.
Liang A-fa lived for a short time in Hongkong, long enough for him to acquire a property in the Lower Bazaar. This and the one next to it, purchased by his son, were used by the Rev Mr Elijah Bridgman for a school and dispensary.
In 1845 Liang A-fa left Hongkong disillusioned with life in a British colony. Both he and his son had experienced rough treatment on the streets of Hongkong from Europeans.
He was in the unhappy situation of not being accepted by his countrymen because of his foreign faith and his connections with foreigners. At the same time he was not able to adapt to life in a place governed by foreigners.
A STUDENT AND TEACHER WHO BECAME A TEAM
Ho Fuk-tong, or as he was also known, Ho Tsun-shin, met the Rev. Mr. James Legge at the Anglo-Chinese College in Malacca.
Fuk-tong, 22 at the time, was only two years younger than his future teacher and colleague, when they met. Mr. Legge had recently arrived from England to assist the ailing principal of the college, the Rev. Mr. John Evans.
After some months, Mr. Evans died and Mr. Legge took charge. Ho Fuk-tong was his star pupil.
Fuk-tong was the son of a woodblock-cutter and printer brought from China to work in the Malacca press of the Ultra-Ganges Mission of the London Missionary Society. After the father had been away from home for some years, his son left China.
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CARL SMITH
Upon reading it Hung believed he had found the key to explain the strange things that had happend to him in his dreams and visions.
Soon he was formulating the initial ideology upon which the Taiping movement was based. It was a strange mixture of that which was traditionally Chinese and new elements derived from the Christian teachings of the foreigners.
Liang A-fa lived for a short time in Hongkong, long enough for him to acquire a property in the Lower Bazaar. This and the one next to it, purchased by his son, were used by the Rev Mr Elijah Bridgman for a school and dispensary.
In 1845 Liang A-fa left Hongkong disillusioned with life in a British colony. Both he and his son had experienced rough treat- ment on the streets of Hongkong from Europeans.
He was in the unhappy situation of not being accepted by his countrymen because of his foreign faith and his connections with foreigners. At the same time he was not able to adapt to life in a place governed by foreigners.
A STUDENT AND TEACHER WHO BECAME A TEAM
Ho Fuk-tong, or as he was also known, Ho Tsun-shin, met the Rev. Mr. James Legge at the Anglo-Chinese College in Malacca.
Fuk-tong, 22 at the time, was only two years younger than his future teacher and colleague, when they met. Mr. Legge had re- cently arrived from England to assist the ailing principal of the college, the Rev. Mr. John Evans.
After some months, Mr. Evans died and Mr. Legge took charge. Ho Fuk-tong was his star pupil.
Fuk-tong was the son of a woodblock-cutter and printer brought from China to work in the Malacca press of the Ultra- Ganges Mission of the London Missionary Society. After the fa- ther had been away from home for some years, his son left China
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