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Aihanze [Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff], Quan ren ju yue [The perfect man's model], [1836]. Xinjiapo [Singapore]. Jian Xia Shu Yuan [American Board Mission Press].

Aihanze [Karl Friedrich August Gutzlaff]

Quan ren ju yue [The perfect man's model], [1836]. Xinjiapo [Singapore]. Jian Xia Shu Yuan [American Board Mission Press].
Integrating Confucionism, one of the earliest Chinese books printed in Singapore, bound in the contemporary wrappers

First edition of a religious tract by Aihanze, the pen-name of the German Protestant missionary Gützlaff. Comprising five parts dealing respectively with morality in Holy Scripture, Christian ethics, the Saviour, theory of prayer and explanations of the law, and the doctrine of Christ.
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8vo, five parts bound in one. Comprises title and 30 double folded leaves, title printed on yellow paper. Text written in traditional Chinese script, a few corrections in ink. Bound in the traditional Chinese style, original paper wrappers with small tears and a light stain.
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