Liang Fa

Liang Fa
A posthumous portrait (c. 1865)
Traditional Chinese梁發
Simplified Chinese梁发
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Fā
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLeung4 Faat3
Liang Gongfa
Traditional Chinese梁恭發
Simplified Chinese梁恭发
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Gōngfā
Liang A-fa
Traditional Chinese梁阿發
Simplified Chinese梁阿发
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Āfā
Student of the Good
Traditional Chinese學善(者)
Simplified Chinese学善(者)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuéshàn(zhě)
Retired Student of the Good
Traditional Chinese學善居士
Simplified Chinese学善居士
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuéshàn Jūshì
An engraving of George Chinnery's lost Robert Morrison Translating the Bible (c. 1828). Morrison is assisted by Li Shigong (left) and Chen Laoyi (right).
Hong Xiuquan (c. 1860).
Lam Qua's portrait of Peter Parker (c. 1845).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang.

Liang Fa (1789–1855), also known by other names, was the second Chinese Protestant convert and the first Chinese Protestant minister and evangelist. He was ordained by Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary in the Qing Empire. His tract Good Words to Admonish the Age was influential on Hong Xiuquan, who went on to lead the Taiping Rebellion.