我到北京之后,即开始主动拜访中国官员,让他们了解我们基督教大学的宗旨,并在可能的情况下向对方筹集资金,以示他们对基督教教育的亲善友好。很多官员都已退休在家,他们在任职期间均通过“正当”和“不正当”的方式贪污了一大笔钱。清王朝时期,公款和私家财产之间界限并不明确,当官的有权捞点油水,但要受上级和社会习俗的限制。到了民国初期,这种贪赃 After I arrived in Beijing, I started to visit Chinese officials on their own initiative to understand the purposes of our Christian University and, where possible, raise money for each other to show their goodwill and friendship toward Christian education. Many officials have retired at home, during which time they have embezzled large sums of money through “proper” and “unjust” ways. During the Qing dynasty, the boundary between public funds and private property was not clear. The officials had the right to fish oil and water but were subject to the restrictions of their superiors and social customs. To the early Republican, this kind of corruption