An issue of Chinese Serial. The Chinese text is "History of Joan of Arc". Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' In Hong Kong Museum of History. The Hong Kong Museum of History ( is a Museum which preserves Hong Kong 's historical and Cultural heritage.

Chinese Serial (Chinese title: 遐爾貫珍; lit. "Gems from Far and Near") was the first Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong, since the Treaty of Nanjing. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The Treaty of Nanking (Treaty of Nanjing signed 29 August, 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between Founded in August 1853 and published by Ying Wa College in binding-book style, it introduced Western history, geography and sciences to Chinese readers, as well as reporting the latest news in China and the West. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ying Wa College, formerly known as Anglo-Chinese College, is the world's first Anglo - Chinese school China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The paper was written mainly in Chinese, although some stories were in English. The paper is the first Chinese newspaper to have ads. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand

Walter Henry Medhurst, a London-born missionary to China, was the first editor-in-chief of the paper. Early life As a young man Medhurst learned the business of a printer and typesetter London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The publication terminated in May 1856 as Medhurst's successor James Legge, the then principal of Ying Wa College, was occupied by school management. Life James Legge was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then Kings College Aberdeen.

A complete facsimile edition of the paper has been published in 2006.

References

• (Chinese) 《遐邇貫珍‧香港早期報刊簡介系列》, Hong Kong Central Library
• (Chinese) 章遷，香港首份中文報《遐邇貫珍》, Ta Kung Pao

Studies

• (Japanese) 松浦章，內田慶市，沈国威，『遐邇貫珍の研究』，吹田市: 関西大学出版部，平成16 [2004]. Hong Kong Central Library is the main library in Hong Kong, China. Ta Kung Pao ( formerly L'Impartial) is the oldest active Chinese language Newspaper in China.