Chan, Chi Him. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese. / Abstract / Acknowledgement / Table of Contents / Notes on the Style / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Christianity and Late Qing China (1860-1900) / Chapter 1.2 --- The Sources and Their Authors / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the Thesis / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review / Chapter 2.1: --- Works on Chinese Protestant Christians in Late Qing / Chapter 2.1.1: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' Reception of the Bible / Chapter 2.1.2: --- Historical Context of Chinese Protestant Christians / Chapter 2.1.3: --- History of Translation of the Chinese Bible / Chapter 2.2: --- Methodological Review / Chapter 2.2.1: --- Challenges from Hermeneutic Theories / Chapter 2.2.2: --- Hermeneutical Communities and Hermeneutical Strategies / Chapter 2.2.3: --- Cultural Differences and Linguistic Peculiarity / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The General Reception of the Bible by Chinese Protestant Christians / Chapter 3.1: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' General Attitudes towards the Bible / Chapter 3.2: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' Reception of the Old Testament / Chapter 3.3: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' Reception of the New Testament / Chapter Chapter 4: --- "Christianity, Heterodoxy and Social Order" / Chapter 4.1: --- Late Qing Context: Christianity as Heterodoxy / Chapter 4.1.1: --- Legacy of the Taiping Rebellion / Chapter 4.1.2: --- Mingjiao and Christianity / Chapter 4.1.3: --- "Sorcery, Rebellion and Heterodoxy" / Chapter 4.1.4: --- Conflicts over the Building of Churches / Chapter 4.2: --- The Decline of the Qing Dynasty / Chapter 4.2.1: --- The Corruption of the Qing Administration / Chapter 4.2.2: --- The Advance of the West and the Decline of the Qing Court / Chapter 4.3: --- Jesus and his Kingdom in Context / Chapter 4.3.1: --- The Background of the Reception of the Kingdom of Heaven / Chapter 4.3.2: --- The Kingdom of Heaven as the Kingdom for the Dead / Chapter 4.3.3: --- The Kingdom of Heaven Promotes Social Order / Chapter Chapter 5: --- "The Bible, Chinese Traditions and Confucianism" / Chapter 5.1: --- Confucianism and Chinese Traditional Values / Chapter 5.1.1: --- The Development of Academic Confucianism until Late Qing / Chapter 5.1.2: --- The Three Sects and the Tradition of Moral Books / Chapter 5.2: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' Interpretation of the Bible / Chapter 5.2.1: --- Accusation of Violation of Filial Piety and Christians' Response / Chapter 5.2.2: --- The Idea of Reward and Punishment according to Human Behavior / Chapter 5.2.3: --- Salvation on both Morality and Faith / Chapter 5.3: --- Chinese Protestant Christians' Attitudes towards Confucianism / Chapter 5.3.1: --- The Real Heir of Confucianism / Chapter 5.3.2: --- A Tide of Anti-Confucianism? / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion / Appendix: List of Transliteration of Name used in this Thesis / Bibliography