Hudson Taylor

Young missionary to inland China when others stayed at the ports; founded the China Inland Mission; wore Chinese dress when other Europeans refused; lost his first wife and several children to the work; established a mission with no fixed salary, trusting provision. Failure mode: Health repeatedly broken by the strain. Restoration path: Go where others will not go; take on the local dress; trust provision day to day. Markers: goes inland when others stay coastal; adopts the local form; loses much family; operates without fixed salary; strain on health repeated — Hudson Taylor, British, 1832-1905 (History)