Salt and Light, Vol. 3

Volume 3 in the Salt and Light series includes the life stories of influential Chinese who played a political or military role in the new Republic that emerged following the 1911 Revolution. Recovering this precious legacy of faith in action shows the deep roots of the revival of Christian faith in China today.

Huang Naishang

1844 — 1924

An energetic supporter of Sun Yat-sen, he was a successful journalist, revolutionary, and parliamentarian in China during the first part of the twentieth century.

Lin Yutang

1895 — 1976

World famous author, Lin played a unique role in explaining Chinese culture to the West from the 1930s into the 1950s. Late in life he returned to the Christian faith of his youth.

Liu Tingfang

1892 — 1947

Prominent Protestant educator and church leader in China during the first half of the twentieth century.

Wang Liming

1896 — 1970

The leader of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in China for over thirty years and one of the nation’s leading female social reformers of the Republican period.

Wu Jingxiong

1899 — 1986

Noted Chinese legal scholar and writer; translator of the Psalms and the New Testament.

Yu Rizhang

1882 — 1936

Prominent Chinese Protestant leader of the Republican period, as head of the YMCA for twenty years.

Zeng Baosun

1893 — 1978

Prominent Chinese Christian educator who embraced Chinese ideals and Christian education.

Zhang Fuliang

1889 — 1984

Led Christian church work in rural reconstruction, and directed welfare centers for tens of thousands of refuges fleeing inland during World War II.

Zhang Zhijiang

1882 — 1966

Chinese Christian general who actively promoted Bible publication and Christian teaching among his troops.

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