Carl Joseph Fast
Carl Joseph Fast (simplified Chinese: 发士; traditional Chinese: 發士; pinyin: Fāshì; Foochow Romanized: Huák-sê̤ṳ; 1822 – November 13, 1850) was the first Swedish missionary sent to China[1] and the first Protestant missionary murdered in Fuzhou.[2]
On January 1, 1850, Fast arrived in Foochow (today Fuzhou) as the missionary from the Lutheran Church Missionary Society of Sweden (later known as Svenska Missionskyrkan)[3], and was joined by Anders Elquist later that year. The mission they set up in China was short-lived. On November 13, 1850, the two missionaries were brutally assaulted by Chinese pirates when they were coming up the River Min after getting money from a ship. Armed with a pistol Elquist survived the attack, but Fast was killed on the spot.[4]
Fast was buried in Fuzhou Nantai.[2] An order was given by then-Fujian Governor Xu Jiyu (徐继畬) to capture the murderers within three days, and the case was finally settled on November 18, with three criminals brought to justice.[5]
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