从19世纪初期至20世纪中叶,大批西方传教士来到中国传播西方宗教与文化。他们的努力对当时中国社会与历史,以及世界事务与历史诸方面都产生了一定的影响。目前中外各国研究人员极力挖掘搜索这些历史资料以便评价传教事业对人类历史发展所起的作用。位于美国亚特兰大市的爱默蕾大学 From the early 19th century to the mid-20th century, a large number of Western missionaries came to China to spread Western religions and cultures. Their efforts exerted a certain influence on the social history of China at that time as well as on world affairs and history. At present, researchers from various countries in China and abroad try their best to search these historical materials in order to evaluate the role of missionaries in the development of human history. Emersley University in Atlanta, USA