Wesley, John (1703-91), English preacher and co-founder of Methodism. Wesley was a committed Christian evangelist who won many working-class converts, often through open-air preaching. The opposition they encountered from the Church establishment led to the Methodists forming a separate denomination in 1791. His brother Charles (1707-88) was also a founding Methodist, and both wrote many hymns.
卫斯理, 约翰（1703-1791, 英国牧师, 循道宗［也称卫理公会］的共同创始人; 一个虔诚的基督教福音传道者, 经常露天布道, 使许多工人阶级的成员皈依基督教; 由于受到国教的反对, 1791年创建了独立的卫理公会教派; 其弟查尔斯 [1707-1788] 也是卫理公会教派的一个创始人, 兄弟俩都写了多首赞美诗）。