Gützlaff

Gützlaff, KARL FRIEDRICH AUGUST, German missionary to China, was born at Pyritz, in Pomerania, 8th July 1803. Going out to the East under the auspices of the Dutch Missionary Society, he spent two years in Batavia learning Chinese. Then, in 1828, he proceeded to Bangkok, capital of Siam, where he translated the Bible into Siamese. Finally, in 1831, he reached the goal of his aspirations—China. During the rest of his life he lived mostly at Macao and Hong-kong, occupying himself with a translation of the Bible into Chinese, with writing various books in Chinese, German, and English, with publishing a monthly magazine in Chinese, and above all (from 1844) with the training of native preachers to carry the gospel into the interior, for at that time foreigners were not allowed to enter the empire. He rendered valuable assistance to the British during the war of 1840-42 and the subsequent negotiations for peace. He died at Hong-kong, 9th August 1851. He published a Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China (Lond. 1834; Ger. trans. 1835); China Opened (1838); The Life of Tao-Chang (1838); and a history of China in German (1847), besides addresses, reports, &c.