此網站包含了19世紀早期至1844年間中文基督教出版物的書目資料。彼時清朝統治者（1644-1911年）嚴格禁止基督教的傳教和相關出版活動。這些文本主要在東南亞印刷。它們產生於西方向東方擴張的初期階段，被用於傳播西方知識和宗教的目的。新教傳教士在東南亞海外華人社區中傳播這些文本，並將其走私到中國東南沿海地區，分發給海員、商人、參加科舉考試的學生等處於社會各階層，識字水平參差的大眾讀者。這些文本的印刷格式多種多樣，包括單張、小冊子、傳單和多卷本書籍。綜合來看，這些文本展示了傳教士如何採用實驗和創新的方法將一種陌生的宗教和世界觀通過印刷品介紹給19世紀的中國大眾。

該網頁相關研究項目受香港大學教育資助委員會優配研究金支持。項目編號16601623。

This website includes bibliographical information on extant missionary publications in Chinese from the early nineteenth century to 1844, when the proselytization of Christianity and related publication activities were strictly forbidden by the rulers of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Mostly printed in Southeast Asia, these texts were produced during the initial phase of Western expansion in the East. The missionaries used them not only for religious influence but also for the dissemination of information. They spread these texts among overseas Chinese communities and smuggled them to the southeastern coastal areas of China to distribute among sailors, merchants, and students taking the Civil Service Examination. The printing formats of these texts exhibit great variety, including single sheets, pamphlets, tracts, and multi-volume books. Taken together, they demonstrate that the missionaries employed experimental and innovative ways to introduce an unfamiliar religion and a distinct worldview to the nineteenth-century Chinese masses. 

This website is part of the GRF project no. 16601623, which supported by Hong Kong University Grants Committee.