Zixian
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Catholic convert
Ming dynasty person
courtesy name
human
mathematician
scholar-official
scientist
translator
Zixian is the courtesy name of Xu Guangqi, a prominent late Ming dynasty Chinese scholar-official, scientist, and collaborator with Jesuit missionaries such as Matteo Ricci.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic convert
ⓘ
Ming dynasty person ⓘ courtesy name ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ scholar-official ⓘ scientist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jesuit China missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1562 ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Jesuit missionaries
ⓘ
Matteo Ricci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameOf | Xu Guangqi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1633 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Xu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
agronomy ⓘ astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Guangqi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Jesuit missionaries
ⓘ
introduction of Western science to China ⓘ translation of Euclid's Elements ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 徐光啟 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Nongzheng Quanshu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
translation of Euclid's Elements into Chinese ⓘ |
| occupation |
official
ⓘ
scholar-official ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shanghai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Grand Secretary of the Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| workedOn |
agricultural reform
ⓘ
calendar reform ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.