Preface by He Guanghu Preface by Muraoka Takamitsu Preface by the Author Introduction Chapter One: The Trailblazers' Guides: Anjiro (ca. 1520-1565) and Zhong Mingren (1562-1621) Chapter Two: The First Translators of European Texts: Yohoken (ca. 1510-1596) and Xu Ruohan (ca. 1670-1740) 9 Chapter Three: Noble Promoters of Military Reforms: otomo Sorin (1530-1587) and Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) Chapter Four: "Grace" and "Brilliance": Hosokawa Garasha (1563-1600) and Candida Xu (1607-1680) Chapter Five: Pioneers of Comparative Philosophy: Fukansai (1565-1621) and Yang Tingyun (ca. 1557-1628) Chapter Six: The First Native Priests: Kimura (1565-1622) and Luo Wenzao (1617-1691) Chapter Seven: The First Travelers to Europe: Ito Mancio (1569-1612) and Zheng Manuo (1633-1673) Chapter Eight: Precursors of the Internationalization of the Script: Dourado (1567-1620) and Wang Zheng (1571-1644) Chapter Nine: The First Editors of Bilingual Dictionaries: Martin Hara (1568-1629) and Huang Risheng (1679-1716) Chapter Ten: The Earliest Celebrities in Europe: Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622) and Shen Fuzong (ca. 1658-1692) Chapter Eleven: Western Art in the East: Jacobus Niva (Ni Yagu, 1579-1638) and You Wenhui (1575-1633) Chapter Twelve: Hope of the Suppressed: Amakusa Shiro (1622-1638) and Wang Maria (ca. 1855-1900) Chapter Thirteen: Interrogation of a Messenger from the West: Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725) and Kangxi (r. 1662-1722) Chapter Fourteen: Early Students of Western Medicine: Gao Leisi (1732-1795), Yang Dewang (1733-1798), and Sugita Genpaku (1733-1817) Chapter Fifteen: The First Teachers of Western Languages: Ogata Koan (1810-1863) and Xue Madou (ca.

1780-1860) Chapter Sixteen: Organizers of Modern Media: Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) and Ying Lianzhi (1866-1926) Chapter Seventeen: Creators of Universities: Yan Yongjing (1838-1898) and Niijima Jo (1843-1890) Chapter Eighteen: Entrepreneurs and Philanthropists: Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) and Lu Bohong (1875-1937) Chapter Nineteen: The First Female Physicians: Ogino Ginko (1851-1913) and Jin Yamei (1864-1934) 135 Chapter Twenty: Pioneers of Women's Education: Tsuda Umeko (1864-1929) and Zeng Baosun (1893-1978) Chapter Twenty-One: Faith on the Way to Inculturation: Uemura Masahisa (1858-1925) and Zhao Zichen (T.C. Chao, 1888-1979) Chapter Twenty-Two: Fathers of Constitutional Law: Ume Kenjiro (1860-1910) and Wu Jingxiong (1899-1986) Chapter Twenty-Three: Creators of an Image of the East: Nitobe Inazo (1862-1933) and Gu Hongming (1857-1928) Chapter Twenty-Four: Independent Prophets: Uchimura Kanzo (1861-1930) and Wang Mingdao (1900-1991) Chapter Twenty-Five: Pioneers in the Study of History: Saeki Yoshiro (1871-1965) and Chen Yuan (1880-1971) Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Students of Classical Hebrew: Kotsuji Setsuzo (1887-1965) and Li Rongfang (1899-1973) Chapter Twenty-Seven: Indigenization of Christian Art: Chen Yuandu (1903-1967) and Watanabe Sadao (1913-1996) Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Life for the Poor: Wu Yongbo (1916-2002) and Kitahara Satoko (1929-1958) Conclusion: Two Nations on the Way to Modernity.