Milking the deer - a fable, Manchuria, ca.1888

“Filial Piety. A boy clad himself in a deer skin that he might be able to go forward and milk the deer (the deer mistaking him for a young deer) and then take the milk home to his mother. Two men, out hunting, nearly kill him mistaking him for a fawn. After he explained to them, they loudly extolled his filial piety”. Ink and watercolour illustration showing the son, in deer skin, kneeling before the two hunters. This is one of several watercolours showing cultural aspects from Manchuria. The United Presbyterian Church established a field there in 1872 when Dr John Ross developed stations from the port of Newchwang to the state capital of Moukden [Shenyang]. He also made inroads into Korea and translated the New Testament into Korean.孝道（Filial Piety）：一名少年身披鹿皮，伪装幼鹿混入鹿群挤取鹿乳，再将鹿乳带回家中奉养母亲。两名外出狩猎的猎人误将其当作幼鹿，险些将其射杀。待少年向二人说明原委后，众人纷纷高声称赞其至孝之举。此幅水墨水彩插画描绘了身披鹿皮的少年正跪在两名猎人面前的场景。此作为系列水彩画作之一，展现了满洲（Manchuria）地区的文化风貌。1872年，美国长老会（United Presbyterian Church）在此设立传教区，约翰·罗斯医生（Dr John Ross）以牛庄港（Newchwang）为起点，向奉天（Moukden，即沈阳）开设多处传教站点。他还在朝鲜半岛开展传教活动，并将《新约圣经》译为朝鲜语。