This study traces the history of Chinese hymnody from the first Christian hymnal,Yang Sin Shen She (Sacred Odes to Nourish the Mind)compiled by Robert Morrison in 1818, to the hymnals issued in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The work is a scholarly endeavor based on thorough research on the subject.It has value as a resource on the history of Chinese hymns and can be useful to academic libraries, institutions, Christian communities, and hymnologists.