The Missionaries And Higher Education In Modern China

Missionaries in modern China is a special group. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,they gradually came to the East, until modern times Chinese portal is open, they began on alarge scale in China. With the Chinese portal opened, most missionaries began the course ofChristianity in China. At the same time, for the universal values in Christian, they initiatemedical care, charity, culture and education in China. With the preaching activities in depth,missionaries realized only for the Chinese glitterati endorsement of Christianity, and by thesepeople to influence other people, it’s possible to produce more Christians, and initiate highereducation in China is a very good way. The missionaries began the course of initiating highereducation in the Chinese therefrom.This paper discusses the role that missionaries played in the development of highereducation in modern China. Emphasizes in the process of the missionaries in the founded ofChurch University, their help in founding Chinese new Academy, the introduction of westerneducation system to China, formative influence on the development of higher education inmodern China. tries to have a deep understanding of the missionaries.This paper is divided into three parts: the first part, the background and reasons formissionaries initiate higher education in China. Missionaries undertaken the Christian missionto China, but Chinese social conflicts between Chinese culture and Western culture, and thesocial reforms are continuous. The social background of turmoil for missionaries are bothopportunities and challenges, especially with the development of social reform, the inherentlaw in the development of education also provides objective conditions for the missionariesset up higher education. The second part, general situation of missionary activities of highereducation in China. The great power that Missionaries in Chinese Church University as thefounder, in Chinese new Academy, or in the creation of involve, or make efforts as teachers;in the field of higher education, the introduction of western advanced teaching concept,school-running system. The third part, the historical status of missionaries in Chinese highereducation. Affirms the bridge role tha missionaries played in the spread of Westernknowledge, and demonstration role in the process of promoting the modernization of highereducation in Chinese.This paper discuss from the motivation, activities, achievement the missionaries initiatehigher education in China, try to have a comprehensive evaluation of the role missionary group played in the period of social transformation in modern Chinese higher education.Although the activities of missionaries in China are uneven, some good and some bad, but asa special and active group in China, its positive role for the mainstream Chinese socialdevelopment is worth for sure, this is the basic starting point of this paper.