The Translation of the Bible into Chinese

Ann Cui'an Peng is a senior associate with the Global China Center and serves as associate editor for the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. She was co-translator for the GCC series Salt and Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China. Peng received her PhD in theology from the University of Birmingham in 2007. She served as vice principal and lecturer in the 1990s at Nanjing Theological Seminary, where she had studied in the 1980s.

Illustrations and Sources



Preface



Acknowledgements



Note on Language



Abbreviations







Introduction







Part I: A Historical Survey of
Chinese Bible Translation



1 The Beginnings of Chinese Bible
Translation



2 The Early Protestant Translations



3 The Union Version Project







Part II: The Evolution of the
Mandarin Union Version



4 Translations



5 Revisions







Part III: Probing the Authority of
the Union Version and Its Challenges



6 Unique Significance



7 Contemporary Challenges







Conclusion







Appendix 1: Comparison of The
Chinese Bible Contents of Protestant with Roman Catholic



Appendix 2: Three Executive
Committees of The Union Version Project



Appendix 3: Protestant Chinese
Bible Translation in Three Stages



Appendix 4: A List of Chinese
Assistants in the History of Chinese Protestant Missionary Bible Translation



Appendix 5: Questionnaire for
Chinese Bible Readers



Appendix 6: A List of Union
Versions Translators with their Chinese Names







Bibliography



Index