4. Read this passage from a letter written by Chi-hao Fei, a Chinese Christian, during the Boxer
Rebellion, which took place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in China. The Boxer
Rebellion happened partly because many Chinese resented the influence of Christians in China.
When you've finished reading, fill out the chart (4 points)
Early in June my college friend K'ung Hsiang Hsi came back from Tungchou for his
vacation, reporting that the state of affairs there and at Peking was growing worse,
that the local officials were powerless against the Boxers, and that the Boxers, armed
with swords, were constantly threatening Christians scattered in the country....
The wicked Governor, Yü Hsien, scattered proclamations broadcast. These stated that
the foreign religions overthrew morality and inflamed men to do evil, so now gods
and men were stirred up against them, and Heaven's legions had been sent to
exterminate the foreign devils. Moreover there were the Boxers, faithful to their
sovereign, loyal to their country, determined to unite in wiping out the foreign
religion. He also offered a reward to all who killed foreigners, either titles or office or
money. When the highest official in the province took such a stand in favor of the
Boxers, what could inferior officials do? People and officials bowed to his will, and
all who enlisted as Boxers were in high favor. It was a time of license and anarchy.
when not only Christians were killed, but hundreds of others against whom individual
Boxers had a grudge.