Timothy Richard 李提摩太

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Timothy Richard 李提摩太 (1845-1919)

Timothy Richard was a Welsh missionary who spent 40 years in China, and who studied and published on Buddhism in China.

  • Born October 10, 1845 in Wales
  • Died April 17, 1919 in London, England
  • Name 名: 提摩太

Biography

Richard published a number of works on Chinese Buddhism, using his own particular method of interpreting it as a Chinese expression of Christianity. He worked closely with Yáng Wénhuì 楊文會 on a translation of The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana 大乘起信論. Yáng is said to have later expressed his dissatisfaction with the translation.

Important Works

  • 西鐸 (1895)
  • 新政策 (1895)
  • New Testament of Higher Buddhism (1910)

Notes


References:

  • Richard, Timothy. 西鐸 (The Western Bell). s.n., 1895.
  • -----. 新政策 (New Policies), [originally published 1895]. In Hu Bin 胡濱, ed. 戊戌變法 (Shanghai: Xinzhishi chubanshe, 1956), Vol. 3: 232-241.
  • -----. "The Crisis in China, and How to Meet it". London: [s.n.], 1897.
  • -----. "Some Hints for Rising Statesmen". Shanghai and London: [s.n.], 1905.
  • -----. "The China Problem: from a missionary point of view". London: [s.n.], 1905.
  • -----. Calendar of the Gods in China. Shanghai: Methodist Publishing House, 1906.
  • -----. Guide to Buddhahood: Being a Standard Manual of Chinese Buddhism. Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 1907.
  • -----. "How Each Nation may Possess the Whole Earth". Shanghai: [s.n.], 1907.
  • -----. New Testament of Higher Buddhism. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1910.
  • -----. “Some Forces in Modern China.” The Contemporary Review (1916). London : A. Strahan: pp. 749-754.
  • -----. Forty-five Years in China: Reminiscences. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916.
  • Wikipedia Article on Richard.
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