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内容简介：

2015年，正在美国宾夕法尼亚大学攻读博士学位的作者，偶然间邂逅了一批珍贵的中国晚清至民国时期的一手资料，这批资料中包含了大量的书信、日记、回忆录及照片……

这批珍贵资料聚焦于1887年至1950年间，一个西方家族的在华经历，涵盖医疗、教育、外交及援助等活动，展现了在华传教士家族与近代中外历史、时代命运之间的交织纠葛。本书通过对这些资料的整理、翻译和研究，为后人探究彼时中国提供了独特的视角。

这也是一部沉甸甸的、充满历史韵味和文化底蕴的资料集。50张原版历史照片、回忆录、日记和通信如同时间的切片，将晚清民国时期一个西方医疗传教士家庭的真实生活场景一幕幕地展现在我们眼前……

作者简介：

程方毅，清华大学历史学学士、世界史硕士，美国宾夕法尼亚大学哲学博士，中山大学博雅学院副教授，中国史专业博士生导师。研究聚焦近代中外交流史与中古北方民族史，如域外的神话传说、物质文化、动物、神灵乃至怪兽在古代与近代中国文化中的变异及重现，以及它们在中国的接受史。

Introduction:

This is a profound and culturally rich archival collection that carries significant historical weight. Through 50 original historical memoirs, photographs, diaries, and correspondences—each serving as a temporal snapshot—it vividly reconstructs the authentic life of a Western medical missionary family during the late Qing and Republican eras.

Focusing on the period between 1887 and 1950, the book documents a Western family's multifaceted experiences in China spanning medical practice, education, diplomatic engagements, and humanitarian aid. It poignantly reveals the intricate interweaving of missionary family narratives with modern Sino-foreign historical developments and the tides of their times. This work offers posterity a distinctive vantage point for examining that transformative period in Chinese history.

About the Author:

Cheng Fangyi is an Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University's Boya Honors College, where he supervises Ph.D. candidates in Chinese History. A Tsinghua University graduate with bachelor's and master's degrees in History and World History respectively, he earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

His scholarly work centers on two key areas: modern Sino-foreign cultural interactions and medieval northern ethnic history. Specifically, he investigates how foreign elements—including mythology, material culture, animals, deities, and even mythical creatures—were transformed, reinterpreted and assimilated into Chinese culture across different historical periods, tracing their reception history within China's cultural landscape.