明恩溥

明恩溥
明恩溥
出生	1845年7月18日
逝世	1932年8月31日（87歲）
母校	伯洛伊特學院 ;
職業	傳教士

明恩溥，原名阿瑟·亨德森·史密斯（英語：Arthur Henderson Smith，1845年7月18日—1932年8月31日），美國公理會來華傳教士。出生於康乃狄克州，1867年畢業於伯洛伊特學院。

1872年（同治十一年），明恩溥受美國公理會派遣來華，先後居住於天津、山東等地，兼任上海《字林西報》通訊員。1880年（光緒六年），明恩溥在山東省西北部的恩縣龐莊建立傳教工作。1905年（光緒三十一年）辭去教職，留居通州寫作。1926年返回美國。他在華生活54年，熟悉下層人民生活，熱愛中國，是最早向美國總統老羅斯福建議退還中國庚子賠款的人之一^[1]。著有多部關於中國的書籍，有《中國人的性格》（Chinese Characteristics）（1899年出版）、《中國鄉村生活》（Village Life in China;A Study in Sociology）、《今日的中國和美國》等。《中國人的性格》一書曾被魯迅向國人鄭重推薦。

參考文獻

^ Boxer Rebellion Indemnity：the overture of Chinese students coming to the United States. Beloit College. [2011-11-17]. （原始內容存檔於2010-06-02）（英語）. In 1906, the pioneer American missionary and a Beloit graduate of class of 1867, Arthur H. Smith, suggested a Chinese Student Educational Plan to President Roosevelt. The main point of the plan was to return part of 'the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Fund to the Chinese government to be used to develop higher education in China, particularly by sending Chinese students to American colleges, where they would study American institutions and practices which, upon returning to China, they could help inculcate into Chinese life.' (The Round Table, November 8, 1918, p.2) Becoming very interested in this plan, President Roosevelt conferred with Chinese authorities and suggested it to Congress.

外部連結

[1] Boxer Rebellion Indemnity：the overture of Chinese students coming to the United States. Beloit College. [2011-11-17]. （原始內容存檔於2010-06-02）（英語）. In 1906, the pioneer American missionary and a Beloit graduate of class of 1867, Arthur H. Smith, suggested a Chinese Student Educational Plan to President Roosevelt. The main point of the plan was to return part of 'the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Fund to the Chinese government to be used to develop higher education in China, particularly by sending Chinese students to American colleges, where they would study American institutions and practices which, upon returning to China, they could help inculcate into Chinese life.' (The Round Table, November 8, 1918, p.2) Becoming very interested in this plan, President Roosevelt conferred with Chinese authorities and suggested it to Congress.

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