Xu Guangqi
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title:
Xu Guangqi
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Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i, also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Ming dynasty. Xu was appointed by the Chinese Emperor in 1629 to be the leader of the Shixian calendar reform, which he embarked on with the assistance of Jesuits. Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chine
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Chinese intellectual of the Ming dynasty
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Guangqi
date created:
2005-03-02T04:07:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T14:57:16Z
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