Maidousi

Works

His works range from geography and primers to moral and religious instruction, including A Convenient Geography Primer for Children, The Three-Character Classic, An Easy First-Reading Lesson for Children, Yao-liu-ba: A General Treatise, Selected Essentials, A Treatise on Morality Arising from the Heart, A New Year's Congratulatory Text for Chinese Brethren, and A Treatise on Qingming Tomb Sweeping.

Other titles include Christian Maxims, A Treatise on Universal Salvation and Food Offerings, A Treatise on Mazu's Birthday, Commentary on God's Ten Sacred Commandments, A Conversation between Brothers, A Treatise on Fire-Treading, A Chinese Language Textbook, and A Harmony of Eastern and Western Histories.

Works concerned with Christian doctrine, the Gospels, prayer, and classical texts include A Treatise on Christ's Atonement, Village Instruction, Briefly Annotated Questions and Answers on Christian Teaching, General Treatise on Theology, Selected Important Texts, Harmonization of the Gospels, The Existence of God, On Good and Evil and Human Death, The New Testament, and A New Compilation of the Analects.

They also include A Compilation on Idolatry, A Treatise on God's Birthday, Poems for Nourishing the Spirit, A Transmission of the Generations from Creation, Four-Character Scripture, General Treatise on Jesus, Essentials of Christian Doctrine, Prayer Forms, Miscellaneous Pieces, and The Way of Truth.

Works connected with Christian teaching and the Gospels include Outline of Christianity, The Life of Jesus's Descent into the World, Commentary on Matthew's Gospel, The Gospel of John, A Treatise on the Heavenly Emperor's Purpose, A Treatise on the Ten Commandments, and two entries titled Prayer.

Further titles include The Complete New Testament, The Complete Old Testament, The Blessing Human Beings Should Seek, Jesus Alone as the Savior, Why People Do Not Believe in Jesus, The Lost Sheep Returns to the Fold, The Gentleman Does Good All Day, and Examining One's Conduct at Year's End.

Titles addressing repentance, good and evil, death, prayer, and religious practice include Repentance and Prayer, The Wicked Cannot Enter Heaven, The Principle of Praying to God, The Good Suffer and Benefit, The Good Die a Good Death, Death Comes Suddenly and Unprepared, The Complete New Testament (Mandarin), A Treatise on Preserving the Soul for Heaven, A Treatise on Following the Way and Believing in the Lord to Escape Punishment Hereafter, and A Treatise on Self-Examination before the Last Supper.

Further works include Commentary on the Complete New Testament, Natural Questions and Answers, An Introduction to the Bible, Essentials of Christian Doctrine, An Elementary Malay Reader, Debate with Muslims, Examination of Sin, Encouraging Public Worship, Journal of a Journey along the East-Coast Colonies of the Malay Peninsula, and an English-Chinese and Chinese-English Vocabulary.

His works also extend to geography, travel, languages, translation, and China-related subjects, including An Overview of Bali, A Dictionary of Chinese Fujian Dialects, A Comparative Vocabulary of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese (English Translation), A Letter to the British and Foreign Bible Society on Re-translating the Bible, China: Present State and Prospects, A Dictionary of the Huawulang Dialect of Formosa (1650), Chinese-English Vocabulary, English-Chinese Dialogues, Exercises, and Idioms, Twenty-Four English-Chinese Lessons, and Ancient Chinese Classics.

Other works address the Expression of Theology in Chinese, an English-Chinese Dictionary, How to Properly Render “God” in the Chinese Bible, A Comment on “The Chinese Translation Problem of Elohim and Theos,” Miscellanies on China, Explaining Several Simple Questions to Missionaries, The True Meaning of the Word “God,” and How to Properly Render “Ruach” and “Pneuma” in the Chinese Bible.

Additional titles include A Refutation of Ten Reasons for Supporting “Heavenly God” Advanced by the Bishop of the Victoria Diocese, A Compilation of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Propaganda Pamphlets, Selected Translations from the Peking Gazette (1853–1856), A Summary of a Missionary Journey to Mount Tianmu in Zhejiang, Gushan, A Journey to Ningbo and Dinghai, On the Opium Trade, A Letter from the Catholic Bishop Meng Zhensheng to the Chinese Emperor, and The Famous Cave on West Dongting Mountain.