A PREFATORY NOTE ON JOHN LEIGHTON STUAR INTRODUCTION FOREWORD 1 ANCESTRY AND EARLY YEARS 2 COLLEGE ANDTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 3 BACK TO CHINA 4 YENCHLNG UNIVERSITY--A DREAM THAT CAME TRUE 5 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF YENCHING DAYS 6 PERSONALITIES ON THE CHINESE SCENE 7 THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION AND AN ISLANDOF FREEDOM 8 INCARCERATION AND RELEASE 9 CALL TO DIPLOMACY 10 THE DREAM THAT DID NOT COME TRUE 11 MOUNTING PERPLEXITIES 12 BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN 13 TO WASHINGTON AND IN WASHINGTON 14 REFLECTIONS IN RETIREMENT 15 THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA: \WHAT POLICY NOW?\. APPENDIX