The Sacred Edict With a Translation of The Colliquial Rendering Notes and Vocabulary…Prepared for The Use of Junior Members of The China Inland Mission

The Sacred Edict With a Translation of The Colliquial Rendering Notes and Vocabulary…Prepared for The Use of Junior Members of The China Inland Mission

Author: Baller, F.W. (November 1852 – 12 August 1922)

8vo.(5.75' x 9.25")1892. Baller, F.W. Shanghai. American Presbyterian Mission Press. Quarter black leather with corners, fancy blindstamp rule to all leather edges, over blue/green fabric boards. Spine with four double gilt rule bands creating compartments, gilt title to second compartment. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, head and foot of spine chipped with loss, upper board cracked at hinge and held with strings. Covers soiled, stained. Prior owners name neatly to first free endpaper. Dampstain to front pastedown and first free endpaper. An interesting book.

From the Web: In 1670 the Kangxi Emperor of China' Qing Dynasty issued the Sacred Edict consisting of 16 maxims to instruct the averge citizen in the basic principles of Confucian Orthodoxy to be publicly posted in each town and village and read twice a month by a local scholar. The practice continued into the 20th century. Immerse yourself in the wisdom of the Qing Dynasty with "The Sacred Edict; With a Translation of the Colloquial Rendering by F. W. Baller." This profound text,serves as a timeless guide to ethical living and societal responsibility. Originally issued by Emperor Kangxi in 1670, and expanded by his son, Emperor Yongzheng, the edict comprises sixteen maxims designed to promote moral virtues among the people. Baller's translation not only elucidates the edict's core principles but also offers an invaluable colloquial rendition, making the teachings accessible to all. From promoting familial piety and brotherly respect to encouraging frugality, education, and respect for the law, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the foundations of Chinese moral philosophy.

From Wiki: Frederick William Baller (21 November 1852 – 12 August 1922) was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, Chinese linguist, translator, educator and sinologist. Baller studied the Chinese language in Nanking (Nanjing), then just recently liberated from the ravages of the Taiping rebels. Baller was then appointed superintendent of missions in Anhui and Jiangsu with the China Inland Mission. He went to Shanxi in 1876, with George King, to distribute famine relief. Due to the continued famine in 1878, he returned to Shanxi with Taylor's wife Jane Elizabeth Faulding and single women missionaries Horne and Crickmay. Baller took a China Inland Mission party through Hunan, facing anti-foreign opposition, to Guiyang in 1880, visiting the capital of Guizhou. He was appointed secretary to the first China Inland Mission China Council in 1885. In 1896, he was appointed principal of the new training home for CIM male missionaries at Anqing and Sichuan. There he not only helped train missionaries in the Chinese language but also published his lectures in Letters, from an Old Missionary to His Nephew (1907). In 1897, he began his extensive literary work. From 1900 to 1918 he served on the committee to revise the Mandarin Bible as a member of the Union Mandarin Bible Revision Committee at Beijing, for the New Testament in 1907, and the Old Testament 1907–1918. He was one of the translators of the Christian Union Version of the Bible, along with Calvin Wilson Mateer, Cheng Jingyi and George Owen. Among his many books, the best known are An Anglo-Chinese Dictionary, The Mandarin Primer, An Idiom a Lesson, An Analytical Vocabulary of the New Testament, Lessons in Wenli, An English Translation of the Sacred Edict, and The Life of Hudson Taylor.

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