William Soothill's mission in Wenzhou; "On the Road." The Fenglin fighting described by Lucy was based on William Soothill's personal experiences. As Lucy stated, "Sing Su [William Soothill] admitted to me more than once that he went up the Creek with unhappy forebodings, knowing that he laid himself open to be shot at, perhaps from behind an ancestral grave." See Lucy Soothill, A Passport to China (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931); William Soothill, A Mission in China (Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1907).