{"id":2415,"date":"2026-04-27T23:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=2415"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:55:24","slug":"language-study-at-wo-fu-ssu-nanking-1913-1914","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/arthur-g-robinson-1906\/sailed-to-china-1913-1927-ymca\/language-study-at-wo-fu-ssu-nanking-1913-1914\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Study at Wo Fu Ssu, Nanking (1913-1914)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After graduating from Colby and serving briefly at the YMCA in Kansas City, Robinson sailed for Shanghai in September 1913. His first assignment was a year of language study in Nanking, followed by service at the first Boys Camp in China at Wo Fu Ssu, the &#8220;Temple of the sleeping Buddha.&#8221; The fluency he gained there set him apart from many foreign workers and made possible the close friendships with Chinese students and officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-8.54.07\u202fPM-787x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-8.54.07\u202fPM-787x1024.png 787w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-8.54.07\u202fPM-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-8.54.07\u202fPM-768x1000.png 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-8.54.07\u202fPM.png 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arthur Robinson (Left) and Fletcher Brockman (Right) at Nanking Language School, 1914 (University of Minnesota)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After graduating from Colby and serving briefly at the YMCA in Kansas City, Robinson sailed for Shanghai in September 1913. His first assignment was a year of language study in Nanking, followed by service at the first Boys Camp in China at Wo Fu Ssu, the &#8220;Temple of the sleeping Buddha.&#8221; The fluency he gained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":2448,"menu_order":1,"template":"","institution":[],"place":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2415\/revisions\/2774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/2448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}