Timothy Richard helped the Qing government to deal with the aftermath of the Taiyuan massacre during the Boxer Rebellion . He thought the main cause of the Boxer Rebellion was due to lack of education of the population , so he proposed to Qing court official Li Hongzhang to establish a modern university in Taiyuan with Boxer Indemnity to the Great Britain , and his proposal was approved later . In 1902 , Timothy Richard represented the British government to establish Shanxi University , one of the three earliest modern universities in China . Timothy Richard was in charge of the fund to build Shanxi University until ten years later in 1912 . During that period , he also served as the head of the College of Western Studies in Shanxi University . In China , Timothy Richard became a contributor to the monthly '' Wan Guo Gong Bao '' , or '' Review of the Times '' , which Young John Allen founded and edited from 1868 to 1907 . This paper was " said ... to have done more for reform than any other single agency in China . " The '' Review '' attracted a wide and influential Chinese readership throughout its thirty-nine year run . One of the ways in which the '' Review '' appealed to a broad , scholarly audience was through its discussion of current events and economics . During the First Sino-Japanese War period of 1894-1895 , essay titles included : “ International Intercourse , by a descendent of Confucius , ” “ How to Enrich a Nation , by Dr. Joseph Edkins ” , “ The Prime Benefits of Christianity , by the Rev. Timothy Richard , ” and “ On the Suppression of Doubt and the Acceptance of Christ , by Sung Yuh-kwei . ” The articles attributed practical applications to the Christian faith and portrayed Christianity as a useful concept for the Chinese , one that Allen and his contributors intended to portray on an equal level to concepts such as market economics and international law . The Qing reformer Kang Youwei once said of the publication : " I owe my conversion to reform chiefly on the writings of two missionaries , the Rev. Timothy Richard and the Rev. Dr. Young J. Allen . " Richard also translated '' Looking Backward '' into Chinese as 百年一覺 '' Bainian Yi Jiao '' , and part of Wu Cheng ' en 's novel , '' Journey to the West '' into English
Taiyuan massacre
Taiyuan massacre
Timothy Richard