１８９４年初朝鲜爆发了声势浩大的东学党起义，起义的目的是“内斩贪虐之官吏，外逐横暴之强敌”，“拯百姓于涂炭，莫国家于磐石”。①起义军的锋芒既指向本国的封建统治者也指向包括日本侵略者在内的所有洋人。因此基督教作为一种外来的宗教理所当然地遭到了东学党人的排拒? In 1894 North Korea launched a massive imperialist uprising in East China. The purpose of the uprising was “to cut off bureaucrats who were cruel and violent, and to be enemies of the tyranny of the outside world.” ① The rebel forces’ sharp edges point both to their own feudal rulers and to all foreigners, including the Japanese invaders. Therefore, as a foreign religion, Christianity has naturally been rejected by the East School.