Timothy Richard
In China, Timothy Richard became a contributor to the monthly "Wan Guo Gong Bao", or "Review of the Times", which Young John Allen founded and edited from 1868 to 1907. This paper was "saidby whom?...to have done more for reform than any other single agency in China." The "Review" attracted a wide and influential Chinese readership throughout its thirty-nine year run. One of the ways in which the "Review" appealed to a broad, scholarly audience was through its discussion of current events and economics. During the First Sino-Japanese War period of 1894-1895, essay titles included: “International Intercourse, by a descendent of Confucius,” “How to Enrich a Nation, by Dr. Joseph Edkins”, “The Prime Benefits of Christianity, by the Rev. Timothy Richard,” and “On the Suppression of Doubt and the Acceptance of Christ, by Sung Yuh-kwei.” The articles attributed practical applications to the Christian faith and portrayed Christianity as a useful concept for the Chinese, one that Allen and his contributors intended to portray on an equal level to concepts such as market economics and international law. The Qing reformer Kang Youwei once said of the publication: "I owe my conversion to reform chiefly on the writings of two missionaries, the Rev. Timothy Richard and the Rev. Dr. Young J. Allen."