# Brief Account of the English Character

Author: Marjoribanks, Charles, 1794-1833; Morrison, Robert, 1782-1834 [Translator]

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: 简体中文

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54820

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.cn/s?k=Brief+Account+of+the+English+Character+Marjoribanks&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Believing in the power of print in converting and “educating” the Chinese, nineteenth-century European traders and missionaries invested significant amounts of energy and money in the dissemination of tracts on the China coast. One of these ephemera was 大英 国人事略说, "Brief Account of the English Character." It was first drafted in English by Charles Marjoribanks, president of the English East India Company’s Select Committee in Canton. Robert Morrison (马礼逊), a missionary-cum-sinologist, translated the manuscript into Chinese and printed hundreds of copies at his 英华书院 (Anglo-Chinese College) in Malacca (Melaka). In 1832, despite his colleagues’ objection, Marjoribanks engaged Charles Gutzlaff...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/zh-cn/books/brief-account-of-the-english-character-54820/chapters/1/index.md)