武夷山是近代世界红茶的主要产地,而临近武夷茶区的福建省会福州是晚清最早的五个通商口岸之一和近代东南沿海重要的传教基地。美国新教传教士卢公明(JustusDoolittle,1824-1880)在华传教十余载,其传教活动的进行与福州茶叶贸易发展的兴衰紧密相连。后来他一度放弃传教,在福州茶叶贸易兴盛期问担任美商琼记洋行(AugustineHeard&Co.)的茶商翻译。直接参与晚清茶叶贸易的全过程。本文以卢公明的传教活动为主线,通过他与茶叶关系的个案研究,对传教士从商现象以及茶叶与福音关系等问题进行了深入的探讨。 Wuyishan is the main origin of modern world black tea. Fuzhou, Fujian Province, near the Wuyi Tea Area, was one of the earliest five ports of commerce in the late Qing Dynasty and an important missionary base in the modern southeast coast. Justus Doolittle (1824-1880), an American Protestant missionary, preached missionary work in China for more than ten years. His missionary activities were closely linked to the rise and decline of the tea trade in Fuzhou. He later relinquished his missionary work and served as a translator for tea merchants at AugustineHeard & Co. in the flourishing Fuzhou tea trade. Directly involved in the whole process of late Qing tea trade. This article takes Lu Gongming’s missionary activities as the main line. Through his case studies on the relationship between tea and tea, this article explores the phenomenon of missionaries’ business phenomenon and the relationship between tea and Gospel.