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- 1 2 Daniel H. Bays (1999). Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Stanford University Press. pp. 310–311. ISBN 978-0-8047-3651-0.
- ↑ Peter Tze Ming Ng (2012). Chinese Christianity: An Interplay between Global and Local Perspectives. Brill. p. 136. ISBN 978-90-04-22575-6.
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