Yu Jih-chang (25 November 1882-22 January 1936), known as David Yui, general secretary of the YMCA in China from 1916 to 1932. The son of a Christian minister in Hupeh, David Yui received his early education in the Chinese classics at Wuchang and his higher education at two mission institutions, Boone University at Wuchang and […]

Wu Yao-tsung (c. 1893-), known as Y. T. Wu, head of the publication department of the YMCA in China in the 1930's and 1940's. Beginning in 1950 he led the so-called Three- Self Reform Movement of Protestantism in the People's Republic of China. Little is known about Y. T. Wu's family background or early life […]

Liu Chan-en (1896-7 April 1938), known as Herman Liu, prominent Baptist layman, educator, and civic leader in Shanghai. He served as educational secretary of the national committee of the YMCA in China from 1922 to 1928 and as president of the University of Shanghai from 1928 until his assassination in 1938. Hanyang, where his parents […]

Chiang Ch'ang-ch'uan (December 1884-23 August 1958), known by his Western name, Z. T. Kaung, a Methodist bishop, was a worldknown Protestant leader in China. As pastor of Allen Memorial Church and later of Moore Memorial Church—the two largest congregations in Shanghai—he exerted much influence, and as a bishop in north China he was a wise […]