The History of Chinese Bible Translation Is Full of Cooperation

Introduction to this historical review:

"One author once said that in the hearts of many Christians, the Chinese Union Version (CUV) Bible is “the only Chinese Bible; everyone calls it the ‘Chinese Bible’ and not the CUV.”

Another praised the CUV as “a collection of the essence of a hundred years of Bible translation,” a “culmination of the efforts of countless Chinese and Western scholars, with many terms derived from [Robert] Morrison’s translation.”

Although there have been several high-quality Chinese translations in recent years and the CUV has undergone revisions, the early history of Protestant Chinese Bible translation clearly testifies to Chinese-Western cooperation and global collaboration, laying the foundation for different Chinese translations in the future."

Author Clement Tsz Ming Tong is a lecturer of biblical studies and biblical languages at Trinity Western University of Canada and a lecturer of Chinese and East Asian history at UBC and Kwantlen Polytechnic University of Canada.

_This article is part of a series commemorating the b_icentennial anniversary of the publishment of the Morrison-Milne Holy Bible in Chinese translation jointly organized by the British & Foreign Bible Society and CT.

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