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especially in official rituals such as this interview with foreign guests). "Friendly conversation" and longer "speeches" constituted the interview, Ch'ea continuing to interpret even though "his Honour evidently understood us well enough."
68. A sensitive reading of these events from both Qing and British sides with the implications for missionaries and their Chinese followers is provided in A. J. Broomhall's Hudson Taylor & China's Open Century: Over the Treaty Wall (Book 2) (Sevenoaks: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981).
69. See notes for May 7th, 1861, in Legge's Journal Of A Missionary Tour.
70. Taken from notes for May 12th, 1861, in Legge's Journal Of A Missionary Tour.
71. Described candidly in Legge's Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 9th, 1861.
72. This incident occurred on May 19th, Ch'ea's being "rudely handled" by what some elders in the town (who later came to apologize) called a "few heady youth". Yet when Legge sought out the sexagenarian Ch'ea's response, suggesting that the beating was severe enough to consider a formal response to the authorities, Ch'ea's principles were unmoved. "I only pray our Heavenly Father to have pity on them!" said Ch'ea, and there the matter rested." See Legge, Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 9th, 1861.
73. Ch'ea had suggested two places, one next to the Füzi miàao temple complex and a house located on a main thoroughfare in the town. The fact that Ch'ea had formerly been a keeper of the temple probably influenced his opinions as well as the sense of a suitable location for the first Christian church in the area. See comments made by Legge about Ch'ea's suggestions in his Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 6th, 1861.
74. Letter to Arthur Tidman, Secretary of the London Missionary Society, dated October 14, 1861, and published with commentary in EMMC/MM 26 (January 1862), pp. 13-17, here esp. p. 15. Helen Edith Legge refers to another source (no details provided) where it is claimed that the obstructing gentryperson "led a body of men to make a tumult at the house, assailed it with a quantity of filth, made a violent entry, plundered it of its goods, took possession of the house and threatened to put to death Ch'ea [sic] and other Christians." Actions reflecting anti-foreign attitudes follow this event, heightening the tension. See Helen Edith Legge, James Legge: Missionary and Scholar, pp. 114-115.
75. So described in Helen Edith Legge, James Legge: Missionary and Scholar, p. 116.
76. The China Mail in Hong Kong actually described the ceremonies attending the formal evacuation of the British and French forces in its number for October 24, 1861. The event had taken place on October 21st. See China Mail #871 (October 24, 1861), p. 171.
77. Recorded in Legge's essay, "Che'a Kin KWáng,” the typescript found in CWM/South China/Personal/Legge/Box 7, p. 5.
78. During one point in this tense trip Legge caught Ch'ea sitting down in the corner of his room on the boat with his eyes closed, thinking at first sight that Ch'ea was exhausted from the ordeals he had been facing. Able to see the humour in the serious situation they all faced, Legge playfully chided the elder Chinese
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especially in official rituals such as this interview with foreign guests). "Friendly conversation" and longer "speeches" constituted the interview, Ch'ea continuing to interpret even though "his Honour evidently understood us well enough."
68. A sensitive reading of these events from both Qing and British sides with the implications for missionaries and their Chinese followers is provided in A. J. Broomhall's Hudson Taylor & China's Open Century: Over the Treaty Wall (Book 2) (Sevenoaks: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981).
69. See notes for May 7th, 1861, in Legge's Journal Of A Missionary Tour. 70.Taken from notes for May 12th, 1861, in Legge's Journal Of A Missionary Tour.
71. Described candidly in Legge's Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 9th, 1861.
72. This incident occurred on May 19th, Ch'ea's being "rudely handled" by what some elders in the town (who later came to apologize) called a "few heady youth". Yet when Legge sought out the sexagenarian Ch'ea's response, suggesting that the beating was severe enough to consider a formal response to the authorities, Ch'ea's principles were unmoved. "I only pray our Heavenly Father to have pity on them!' said Ch'ea, and there the matter rested." See Legge, Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 9th, 1861.
73. Ch'ềa had suggested two places, one next to the Füzi miàao temple complex and a house located on a main thoroughfare in the town. The fact that Ch'ea had formerly been a keeper of the temple probably influenced his opinions as well as the sense of a suitable location for the first Christian church in the area. See comments made by Legge about Ch'ea's suggestions in his Journal of a Missionary Tour, notes for May 6th, 1861.
74. Letter to Arthur Tidman, Secretary of the London Missionary Society, dated October 14, 1861, and published with commentary in EMMC/MM 26 (January 1862), pp. 13-17, here esp. p. 15. Helen Edith Legge refers to another source (no details provided) where it is claimed that the obstructing gentryperson "led a body of men to make a tumult at the house, assailed it with a quantity of filth, made a violent entry, plundered it of its goods, took possession of the house and threatened to put to death Ch'ea [sic] and other Christians." Actions reflecting anti-foreign attitudes follow this event, heightening the tension. See Helen Edith Legge, James Legge: Missionary and Scholar, pp. 114-115.
75. So described in Helen Edith Legge, James Legge: Missionary and Scholar, p. 116.
76. The China Mail in Hong Kong actually described the ceremonies attending the formal evacuation of the British and French forces in its number for October 24, 1861. The event had taken place on October 21st. See China Mail #871 (October 24, 1861), p. 171.
77. Recorded in Legge's essay, "Che'a Kin KWáng,” the typescript found in CWM/South China/Personal/Legge/Box 7, p. 5.
78. During one point in this tense trip Legge caught Ch'ea sitting down in the corner of his room on the boat with his eyes closed, thinking at first sight that Ch'ea was exhausted from the ordeals he had been facing. Able to see the humour in the serious situation they all faced, Legge playfully chided the elder Chinese
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