A believer in Liaoning Province spent three years copying the entire Bible with a Chinese brush pen. The scan has been completed for printing and publication.
Before Chinese Bible Day 2023, which fell on December 9, a Christian man named Wang Mianli of Liaozhong District Church in Shenyang City completed the transcription of the Old and New Testaments in Chinese calligraphy. On November 19, last year, he was awarded an honorary certificate during a celebration held for him at the church. Rev. Ren Chuanyu, chairman of the Liaozhong District TSPM and head of the Liaozhong District Church, presented him with a bonus of 10,000 yuan out of his pocket.
For over a thousand days, he copied eight chapters of the Bible every day, totaling more than 3,100 pages. Over these three years, he lived in the church, leaving his home and business. He experienced three sudden strokes and cerebral hemorrhages, healed by the Lord each time. He canceled his original phone number and cut off contact with the outside world to improve concentration.
He has been practicing calligraphy since his youth, and since his baptism in 2011, he intended to write the Bible on large rice paper rather than using pens or pencils like others to spread the gospel in this form.
He received rice paper, ink, and a room from the church for scribes, thanks to Reverend Ren's support. Originally planning to finish writing the Bible in five years, he completed it two years ahead of schedule.
At the same time, he also wrote calligraphic scrolls of biblical verses for those in need. An entrepreneur from Shandong was impressed by a copy of the Chinese character "神," which means God. Wang told him that he had practiced writing this word over ten thousand times.
Before the Spring Festival of 2024, he expressed his desire to spend a few more years re-copying the Old and New Testaments with regular script in small characters to facilitate others' reading.
(The Gospel Times was the original publication of the article.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
辽宁一信徒3年时间用毛笔抄写整本《圣经》，扫描已完成，以备印刷、出版。
在2023年12月9日圣经日前，沈阳市辽中区教会的王绵礼弟兄完成用书法抄写新旧约圣经。2023年11月19日，在教会为他举行的庆典中，他被授予荣誉证书。辽中区基督教两会主席、辽中区教会负责人任传宇牧师个人为他颁发了一万元的奖金。
一千余天，他每天坚持抄写8章圣经，共书写了3,100多页；这三年，他离家舍业吃住在教堂，曾三次突发脑梗和脑出血等意外，靠主得医治；他将原有的手机号码注销，切断了与外界的联系，以更好书写。
他自青年开始就苦练书法，自从2011年受洗归主后，不同于别人用钢笔、硬笔等在本子上抄写，他想用大幅宣纸来书写圣经，以这种形式传福音。
他的这种想法得到了任牧师的支持，教会为他提供了一间教堂里最好的房间，并为他购买宣纸、笔墨。他原来计划是用五年抄写完圣经，结果提前两年完成。
同时他也为有需要的人书写圣经金句的书法条幅。一位来自山东的企业家和他索要了“神”的书法，赞叹不已。王绵礼告诉他，就是这个“神”字，他反复练写了一万余次。
在2024年春节之前，他说到想再用几年的时间以“蝇头小楷”再次抄写一遍新旧约圣经，以方便读者阅读。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。）
耗时三年，他用毛笔抄完了整本《圣经》
A believer in Liaoning Province spent three years copying the entire Bible with a Chinese brush pen. The scan has been completed for printing and publication.
Before Chinese Bible Day 2023, which fell on December 9, a Christian man named Wang Mianli of Liaozhong District Church in Shenyang City completed the transcription of the Old and New Testaments in Chinese calligraphy. On November 19, last year, he was awarded an honorary certificate during a celebration held for him at the church. Rev. Ren Chuanyu, chairman of the Liaozhong District TSPM and head of the Liaozhong District Church, presented him with a bonus of 10,000 yuan out of his pocket.
For over a thousand days, he copied eight chapters of the Bible every day, totaling more than 3,100 pages. Over these three years, he lived in the church, leaving his home and business. He experienced three sudden strokes and cerebral hemorrhages, healed by the Lord each time. He canceled his original phone number and cut off contact with the outside world to improve concentration.
He has been practicing calligraphy since his youth, and since his baptism in 2011, he intended to write the Bible on large rice paper rather than using pens or pencils like others to spread the gospel in this form.
He received rice paper, ink, and a room from the church for scribes, thanks to Reverend Ren's support. Originally planning to finish writing the Bible in five years, he completed it two years ahead of schedule.
At the same time, he also wrote calligraphic scrolls of biblical verses for those in need. An entrepreneur from Shandong was impressed by a copy of the Chinese character "神," which means God. Wang told him that he had practiced writing this word over ten thousand times.
Before the Spring Festival of 2024, he expressed his desire to spend a few more years re-copying the Old and New Testaments with regular script in small characters to facilitate others' reading.
(The Gospel Times was the original publication of the article.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Believer Completes Three-Year Journey Transcribing the Bible with Chinese Brush Pen
