trade, translation and
22, 25, 162, 202, 287, 308, 345
diplomatic interpreters/translators
200, 227, 241
and British foreign relations
22, 164, 165
and US foreign relations
18, 28, 221, 226, 236–238, 312–314, 318–320, 342
Carter, Benjamin Bowen (ambitions of); Chinese linguists; diplomacy; 1805 remonstrance; United States, consul/consulate of
Protestant
3, 27, 260, 262, 293n2, 301, 302, 309, 319
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; American Presbyterian mission; British Baptist Missionary Society; British and Foreign Bible Society; London Missionary Society
Mitchill, Samuel L.
224, 225, 228
Mohl, Julius von
114
Monroe, James
235
Morals of Confucius, The
244
Morrison, Robert 馬禮遜
as a missionary
4, 19, 28, 321
as an educator
6, 71, 96, 97, 111, 123, 125, 126, 150, 240, 301–303, 334, 347, 348
as a sinologist
26, 48, 273–275, 340, 348
as a student of Chinese
6, 10, 21, 28, 29, 63, 71, 146, 166, 167, 174, 176, 177, 179–183, 188–190, 220, 239, 243, 302, 304
ships. seeAsia (US ship); Doris, HMS; Empress of China (US ship); General Washington (US ship); Harrier, HMS; Isis (US ship); Mount Vernon (US ship); Providence, HMS
United States, China policy of
17, 18, 161, 221.
Carrington, Edward (China policy of,)
United States, colleges and universities in. see Brown University; Columbia College (NY); Columbian College (DC); Harvard College/University; Rhode Island College; St. John’s College (Annapolis); Union College; University of Virginia; Yale College
United States, consul/consulate of (in Canton)
7, 8, 28, 37, 196, 219–221, 232,
236–238, 279, 298, 312, 393, 394
United States, government of
8, 26, 161, 219, 221, 223, 224, 228, 231, 235, 319, 327, 334, 338, 341, 349
United States of America (Yameilijia hezhongguo亞美理駕合眾國)
206, 314, 320
University of Cambridge
4, 48, 169, 187, 285
University of Oxford
321
University of Virginia
285
Utrecht University
43
Van Name, Addison
322, 323, 325
Varo, Francisco
51, 83, 90–93, 185, 189, 272–275
viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi (Liangguang zongdu兩廣總督)
53, 163,
196, 212n95, 238, 341
Waln, Robert Jr.
4, 6, 63
Ward, John
46, 171
Ward, Samuel
171, 172
Ward’s Dictionary
171–173
Warner, Amos
133
War of 1812
9, 37, 279, 287
War of Independence
36, 37, 233
Washington, George
299, 341, 342, 352
Watts, Issac
331
Westerners
residing in Canton
162, 165, 333, 344
studying Chinese / the Canton dialect in Canton
5, 12, 15, 70, 71, 97, 136, 146, 150, 173n32, 177, 186, 333, 334, 340, 346, 347
Ball, Samuel; Bridgman, Elijah Coleman; Carter, Benjamin Bowen; Davis, John Francis; Elphinstone, John F.; Manning, Thomas; Morrison, Robert; Parker, Peter; Pearson, Alexander; Staunton, George Thomas; Williams, Samuel Wells
Weston, Stephen
257, 258
Whampoa 黃浦
30, 39, 41, 44, 53, 197, 206, 207, 211
Wilcocks, Benjamin C.
237
Wilkinson, James
244
Wilkinson, William
33
Williams, Samuel Wells 衛三畏
life and career of
2, 3, 8, 13, 302, 303, 310, 313, 322–326, 343
studies Chinese
6, 26, 71, 290, 302–304, 306, 347
views on the Chinese language
291, 304, 307, 309, 310, 325, 333