福建是近代外国教会在中国办学主要区域之一,同时也是教会学校在中国较早进行外语教学的地区。民国前,福建教会学校的外语教育在不同时期表现出阶段性的特点,展现了有别于其他地方的率先性、多样性和世俗性,折射了近代福建乃至中国的社会发展的时代特征。 Fujian is one of the major regions where modern foreign churches run schools in China. It is also an area where church schools have earlier conducted foreign language teaching in China. Before the Republic of China, the foreign language education of Fujian Missionary School showed different characteristics at different stages. It showed different precedence, diversity, and secularity from other places, reflecting the characteristics of the times in modern Fujian and even China’s social development.