Hangchow University

Hangchow University
之江大學
Student, faculty and alumni of Hangchow College in November 1917
Former name
Hangchow College
Hangchow Christian College
Hangchow Presbyterian College
Hangchow Presbyterian Boys' School
Ningpo Boys' Boarding School
Motto
Truth, Love
TypePrivate, Missionary
ActiveJuly 1845 (1845-07)–June 1952 (1952-06)
Religious affiliation
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (later joined by Presbyterian Church in the United States)
Location, ,
China[1]

30°11′41″N 120°07′16″E / 30.19472°N 120.12111°E / 30.19472; 120.12111
Campus43.33 hectares (107.1 acres)
Ningpo Boys' Boarding School
Traditional Chinese崇信义塾
Simplified Chinese崇信義塾
Literal meaningWorship Honesty Public School
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChóngxìn Yìshú
Ningpo Girls' Boarding School
Traditional Chinese寧波女塾
Simplified Chinese宁波女塾
Literal meaningNingbo Girls' School
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngbō Nǚshú
Hangchow Presbyterian Boys' School
Traditional Chinese育英義塾
Simplified Chinese育英义塾
Literal meaningNurture Elite Public School
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYùyīng Yìshú
Hangchow Presbyterian College
Traditional Chinese育英書院
Simplified Chinese育英书院
Literal meaningNurture Elite College
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYùyīng Shūyuàn

Hangchow University (traditional Chinese: 之江大學; simplified Chinese: 之江大学), also spelled as Zhijiang University and formerly known as Hangchow Christian College, Hangchow College, and Hangchow Presbyterian College, is a defunct Protestant missionary university in China,[2] which is one of the predecessors of Zhejiang University. Founded as the Ningpo Boys' Boarding School by Divie Bethune McCartee and colleagues of Northern Presbyterian Church in Ningbo in 1845, the university was one of the oldest missionary schools in China before it was shut down in 1952. The university was merged into Zhejiang University and other universities in China. Its campus was taken over by Zhejiang University as its Zhijiang Campus in 1961, which became a major nationally protected historic site in 2006.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference zakow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Liu, Kwang-Ching (1960). "Early Christian Colleges in China". The Journal of Asian Studies. 20 (1): 71–78. doi:10.2307/2050073. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2050073. S2CID 164163795. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  3. ^ "Former Zhijiang University" (in Chinese). Zhejiang Province Bureau of Cultural Relics. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-06-07.