Sheng yong yi yi chu gao: Jiang zhu xi shou ding 聖詠譯義初稿:蔣主席手訂
Shanghai: Shangwu yinshuguan 商務印書館, 1946. Paperback. 121p., paperback, very good, minor wear to covers, text in Chinese. Third printing.
Wu's translation of the Psalms, with annotations by Chiang Kai-Shek. Under the name John C.H. Wu, the same author published a number of influential legal works. He became China's delegate to the Vatican in 1947, as the first Roman Catholic diplomat to represent a non-Catholic country. He went on to teach in Hawaii and New Jersey.
Cat.No: 218904
Price: $40.00
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