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Meaning of 徐光启

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guāng (Trad.: 徐光啟)
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
Example Sentences
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"Like many Italian and Chinese Catholics, I have prayed for the canonization of Fr Ricci and his closest Chinese friend Xu Guangqi, who was the first Catholic in Shanghai," Wu added.
2
殿
He certainly gave Xu Guanqi and his other scholars the "heavenly keys" to open new palaces and perhaps his own virtual palace.
3
西
The"Elements"(of Euclides Geometry)which Ricci and Xu Guanqi, an outstanding Ming scientist and minister of rites, jointly translated, spread the knowledge of plane geometry in China.