1887, a private school was established in Le Kang Square to teach the Four Books and Five Classics and the Bible, which was the predecessor of Wen Yi Primary School.
1897, we started renting a house in Washidian Lane and opened the College of Arts and Literature (the predecessor of Wenzhou Mo Chi Primary School).
Theorem Hospital was established in 1897, which is the earliest western hospital in southern Zhejiang. Established Wenzhou modern medical system. Theorem Hospital 1906 was renamed Baird Hospital, and after 1949, it was renamed Wenzhou Second People's Hospital.
West Chapel (Wenzhou West Chapel) was built in 1898. And write an inscription, Wen Youyun: "Chinese and foreign funds are raised into several numbers, and it is expected to be mixed with pigeons, and celebrate the evening with Dong Zhi. The full moon is 10 degrees and will be finished." Inscriptions are rigorous in composition and fluent in words, which are rare in westerners.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/903, Wen Yi School (the current site of Haitan Campus of Wenzhou No.2 Middle School, the original building has been demolished) was built, which is the first higher education school in Wenzhou. At the opening ceremony, officials of Taoism, towns, prefectures and counties at that time, Sun Yirang, a master of Confucian classics, and timothy richard, a famous Confucian scholar in western countries, all took official positions.
1905, William Edward Soothill's wife founded a girls' school for art and literature.
1906 President of Shanxi University (one of the only three public universities at that time, tied with Shi Jing University and Beiyang University). During his tenure, he translated The Analects into English. His translation is the most recognized classic translation of Oxford University, and has been printed for more than 30 editions.
19 1 1 year, William Edward sosil left China and returned to England to raise funds, and planned to organize "Huazhong university" as the president. The first world war completely failed the plan. A few years later, his wife founded Beijing Peihua Girls' Middle School (perhaps the most famous student is Lin).
19 1 1 year, the YMCA was established in Europe. During World War I, China declared war on Germany, and 200,000 Chinese laborers set foot on the battlefield. The YMCA is an organization for them. Yan, as a director. Yan Yan began to devote himself to civilian education for more than 70 years in A.D. 1920. He is known as "the father of the world civilian education movement".
1920 was employed as a professor of sinology at Oxford University. During his tenure, he translated Hokkekyo and compiled a Dictionary of Buddhist Terms in China. The latter is by far the best English reference book in the field of Buddhist studies. After the 1920s, China's first-rate intellectuals have visited Oxford and been received by William Edward Saussure, such as Cai Yuanpei and Hu Shi. Later, William Edward Sothir joined the Sino-British Geng Kuan Advisory Committee, with Hu Shi and Ding Wenjiang as Chinese representatives. Later, Hu Shi and William Edward Soothill entered the Soviet Union by train, traveled all over Eurasia and returned to England.
1928 was invited to be a visiting scholar at Columbia University for half a year. The first invitee of this project is pelliot, the first person who brought Dunhuang scrolls to the west, the second is Zhai Lisi, the translator of Li Bai's poetry collection Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and the third is William Edward Sawhill.
Fei Zhengqing joined William Edward Sosil on 1929, and Sue suggested that he go to China to study Chinese. The name "Fei Zhengqing" came from Lin.
1935 William Edward Sawhill died in Bloomberg Street, Oxford, leaving only 1600. After his death, his daughter Xie Fuyun immediately moved out of their residence, because it was the campus property of Oxford University (Xie Fuyun's husband, Xie, also a sinologist, was a British consul in Wenzhou, Chongqing and Taiwan, aged 66).
Although William Edward Soothill did many things and made great contributions to China, he left almost no trace in history. In fact, his life track directly or indirectly influenced the fate of a number of important figures such as Weng, Hu Shi, Fei Zhengqing, Chen Yinque and Lin.
On the cemetery in Oxford, next to the names of William Edward Soothill and his wife, there is a sentence from the Bible: "Their achievements will be immortal".
His posthumous works include China Mission in China, English Version of the New Testament in Wenzhou Dialect, Latinized System of Wenzhou Dialect, Three Major Religions in China, and Dictionary for Foreign Students in China. Chapters 2, 11, 13 and 14 of the former have records of missionary work, with several frames of precious photos of Wenzhou at that time.