A Genealogy of Breakthroughs
The Family and Education of Wong Tsing-yi (1869–1903)
突破的譜系：晚清基督徒王妌怡的「家」與「教」
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Abstract
Wong Tsing-yi (1869–1903) was a third-generation Christian woman from a South China family. Focusing on her life story, this study aims to show how her family’s connection and interactions with western missionaries generated new resources for her to reimagine family relations, learning, and social and gender roles, thereby transgressing prevalent social norms. Using the Chronicles of Wong’s family and missionary writings, this study demonstrates how interactions and exchanges with missionaries in practice far transcended the binary view of the hegemonic transmitter and passive receptor. Through a sustained process of exchanges, the family and missionaries engendered a new culture of mutual learning that gave rise to a genealogy of breakthroughs.
摘要
本文嘗試通過研究王妌怡（1869–1903) : 一位華南第三代基督教家庭中的女士的生平、她的家族和西方傳教士的關係和交往，所衍生的新的家庭倫理關係觀、新的學習和性別社會角色觀，並藉此突破當時的社會範式。本文藉由「王氏家傳」和傳教士的文書文檔，證明王氏家族和西方傳教士的聯繫和互動遠遠超越了強勢的發送者和被動的接收者的二元關係。王氏家庭藉着持久的和傳教士們的交流，促成一種嶄新的互惠、互補的文化，並從而帶來一個突破的譜系。
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A Genealogy of Breakthroughs
The Family and Education of Wong Tsing-yi (1869–1903)
突破的譜系：晚清基督徒王妌怡的「家」與「教」
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Abstract
Wong Tsing-yi (1869–1903) was a third-generation Christian woman from a South China family. Focusing on her life story, this study aims to show how her family’s connection and interactions with western missionaries generated new resources for her to reimagine family relations, learning, and social and gender roles, thereby transgressing prevalent social norms. Using the Chronicles of Wong’s family and missionary writings, this study demonstrates how interactions and exchanges with missionaries in practice far transcended the binary view of the hegemonic transmitter and passive receptor. Through a sustained process of exchanges, the family and missionaries engendered a new culture of mutual learning that gave rise to a genealogy of breakthroughs.
摘要
本文嘗試通過研究王妌怡（1869–1903) : 一位華南第三代基督教家庭中的女士的生平、她的家族和西方傳教士的關係和交往，所衍生的新的家庭倫理關係觀、新的學習和性別社會角色觀，並藉此突破當時的社會範式。本文藉由「王氏家傳」和傳教士的文書文檔，證明王氏家族和西方傳教士的聯繫和互動遠遠超越了強勢的發送者和被動的接收者的二元關係。王氏家庭藉着持久的和傳教士們的交流，促成一種嶄新的互惠、互補的文化，並從而帶來一個突破的譜系。
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