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The Nanking Mandarin Colloquial Version (南京官话译本) of the entire New Testament (新约全书) was, supposedly, released in 1860~1861.

It was translated by Walter Henry Medhurst (麦都思) and Wang Tao (王韬) and published by The London Missionary Society Press (墨海书馆).

It seems to be the only "Southern Mandarin" translation that exists, which is referred to on Wikipedia's List of Chinese Bible translations page:

Mandarin Chinese

Southern Mandarin

New Testament, 1856

I think Matthew was released in earlier, hence the disparity in dates.

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  • There's a Chinese stack exchange too. Not that they're better equipped to find it, but I'm sure more of them speak Chinese.
    – user3961
    Mar 4, 2016 at 3:09
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    Welcome! Is there a particular format you are looking for? (hard copy book to purchase, PDF, other?) If you haven't already done so, I hope you'll take a minute to take the tour and learn how this site is different from others.
    – Nathaniel is protesting
    Mar 4, 2016 at 3:09
  • Hoping for a digital copy! Curious to see how it was translated. Although I've seen comments alluding that it was a poor translation.
    – Mou某
    Mar 4, 2016 at 3:12
  • Is the "Delegates Version" not the same thing?
    – user3961
    Mar 4, 2016 at 23:23
  • I believe it's translated from the Delegates
    – Mou某
    Mar 5, 2016 at 9:12

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I've checked Chinese websites for you and was able to find the following page where you can type in the chapter numbers and read the image of the copy of the book (in Chinese). http://hb.fhl.net/gbdoc/ob/ro.php?book=90&procb=1 Which it helps!

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  • This was the first edition of the book 圣经珍藏:新约全书(南京官话译本初版)
    – שירים
    Oct 27, 2019 at 4:50
  • I have actually answered this question - but it was deleted - I've voted to undelete my post but it's still sitting waiting.
    – Mou某
    Oct 27, 2019 at 5:05
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    No worries, my friend. May G-d be in everything you do through Christ, Amen :)
    – שירים
    Oct 27, 2019 at 5:07
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    You can also add: bible.fhl.net/ob/ro.php?book=114&procb=1 this is an earlier version: (1856 Four Gospels & Acts Nanjing Translation)
    – Mou某
    Oct 27, 2019 at 5:20
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There's two versions below:

The later version is from 1857 and it is the complete New Testament:

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簡介：1854年，麥都思、施敦力以南京官話(白話文)改寫文言「委辦譯本」的新約全書，是中國第一本白話文譯本，史稱「麥都思、施敦力譯本」或「南京官話譯本」，於1857年出版。 http://bibletranslation-hk.blogspot.tw/2011/10/blog-post_1643.html

著作權資訊：影像著作權為澳洲雪梨 Dr. Kenny Wang 所有

提供者：Dr. Kenny Wang

The second, earlier, version only contains the Gospels & Acts:

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簡介：1854年，麥都思、施敦力以南京官話(白話文)改寫文言「委辦譯本」的新約全書，是中國第一本白話文譯本，史稱「麥都思、施敦力譯本」或「南京官話譯本」，於1857年出版。 http://bibletranslation-hk.blogspot.tw/2011/10/blog-post_1643.html

著作權資訊：翻拍影像著作權是澳洲國立圖書館所有，註明出處為NLA後可以自由刊載

提供者：Dr. Kenny Wang

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