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	Xu Guangqi
		Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) was a Chinese scholar-official, who rose to one of the highest government positions in the Ming dynasty, pioneered in the introduction of Western science and technology into China, and became one of the "Three Pillars of the Catholic Religion in China" in the 17th century.
		Xu Guangqi was born in Shanghai in 1562.
		Under Xu's direction, the Jesuits and their Chinese co-workers translated Western books on astronomy into Chinese, designed new astronomical instruments, calculated the movements of the celestial bodies, and produced a new system of Chinese lunar calendar which was in use officially from the mid-17th to the early years of the 20th century.
	www.novelguide.com /a/discover/ewb_16/ewb_16_06986.html (2697 words)

	Xu_Guangqi biography
		Xu Guang-qi was well aware of this and attributed the decline to academics neglecting practical learning and also to a confusion between mathematics and numerology.
		Xu Guang-qi was already interested in calendar reform before he met Ricci, so he was soon involved in the debate.
		Xu Guang-qi, with his strong belief in the superiority of all things European, persuaded the Ming emperor to have his army adopt advanced European artillery against the Manchu.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Xu_Guangqi.html (1480 words)

	Xu Guangqi
		Xu was a paramount figure in the fields of science and culture of China.
		Xu was buried at Fahuating and Zhaojiabin in Shanghai.
		The tomb yard was restored in 1957 with a marble statue of Xu installed in front of the tomb and a stele corridor in the east with 12 paintings, writings and inscriptions made by Xu.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_madeinchina/2005-05/08/content_68388.htm (217 words)

	Shanghai Folks
		Up until his death Xu Guangqi was an example of a rare combination of the East and the West: the imperial court of China awarded him with many titles and presents to his family while his tombstone had Latin carved on it by Church groups.
		The 16th generation of Xu Guangqi was a military man, one of his granddaughter was Ni Guizhen, mother of the three sisters of the Song family who were well-placed in modern Chinese history, to say the least.
		It could be the blood of Xu Guangqi's Principles of Geometry is still circulating in the veins, or it could be the fast changing environment nurtures new survival instincts, the fact is Shanghaiese always have an eye on scientific results, and impatient with tardiness and stupidity.
	home.pacbell.net /nxliu/shanghai.html (8074 words)

	Ricci Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China
		Xu is appointed a corrector in the Hanlin Academy.
		Xu constructs a church on the west side of his residence to hold increasingly large gatherings of the faithful.
		Xu presented a memorial, the Bianxue shugao 36783;23416;30095;31295; in response to Shen Que's charges, in which he declared the missionaries to be sheng xian zhi tu 32854;36066;20043;24466; (disciples of the sages).
	ricci.rt.usfca.edu /biography/view.aspx?biographyID=1276 (1561 words)

	Xu Guangqi -- 徐光启, 1562-1633 - Chinese Astronomy
		In 1629 Xu Guangqi had another chance to prove the effectiveness of the new mathematics and calendar system.
		Both the traditional Chinese school and the Islamic school joined the competition, but it was Xu Guangqi and what was called the New Method School that won.
		The emperor appointed Xu Guangqi to reform the calendar.
	hua.umf.maine.edu /China/astronomy/tianpage/0019bXu_Guangqi_6659w.html (297 words)

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		The late Ming scholar and official Xu Guangqi is a crucial figure in late Ming cultural history, as well as in the history of exchanges between Europe and China.
		SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) is an important figure of Chinese intellectual history, especially as concerns the study of contacts between civilisations and the Chinese reception of European culture since the 17th century.
		Xu's views shaped those of later scholars in China, first because of his translations of several important scientific texts and secondly because of his initiatives in reforming the calendar.
	www.iias.nl /iiasn/iiasn4/esfnews/esf1.txt (964 words)

	Shanghai Daily \| 上海日报 -- English Window to China News
		Yesterday, at the Shanghai Sports Hotel, Xu Chengxi, the 13th generation descendant of Xu Guangqi, Luigi Ricci, a 14th generation descendant of Matteo Ricci and Paolo Sabatini, a 16th generation descendant of Sabatino de Ursis got together.
		Xu Chengxi is a descendant of Xu Guangqi's third grandson.
		While Xu Guangqi had support from his family and won acclaim and honors early on, Luigi Ricci said his ancestor was misunderstood in Italy.
	www.shanghaidaily.com /article/print.asp?id=337515 (500 words)

	Xu Guangqi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xu Guangqi (Simplified Chinese: 徐光启; Traditional Chinese: 徐光啟; pinyin: Xú Guāngqǐ) (1562–1633) was a Chinese agricultural scientist and mathematician born in Shanghai.
		In 1607 Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci translated the first parts of Euclid's Elements into Chinese.
		His tomb still exists in Shanghai in Guangqi Park just a short walk from the Xujiahui Cathedral in the Xujiahui area on Nandan Road (南丹路).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xu_Guangqi (280 words)

	Xu Guangqi (1562-1633)
		Xu Guangqi was one of the earliest Catholics towards the end of Ming Dynasty.
		Born in Shanghai, Xu passed the national examination and became a Scholar.
		In 1625, Xu resigned from is position, returned to Shanghai and wrote the 'Book of Agriculture.' Xu regained his position in 1628 and wrote the 'Book of Annals of Zong Zhen' with Li Zhizao.
	www.yutopian.com /religion/christian/Xu.html (179 words)

	Jescom Gallery
		Xu Guangqi's Green Revolution, described Xu's lifelong concern with the well-being of his country folk, especially their struggle with natural disasters and famine, motivated him to develop innovations in agriculture that saved countless lives and boosted China's population growth.
		Xu enlisted the collaboration of Jesuit missionaries to correct and revise the traditional Chinese calendar.
		These and his other accomplishments have earned Xu Guangqi the title "forerunner of modern science in China." His collaboration with Ricci and other Jesuit missionaries is considered the first instance of significant cultural dialogue between China and the West.
	www.sjweb.info /jescom/gallery/placeShow.cfm?PubID=11562 (799 words)

	Xu Guangqi Biography
		Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) was a Chinese scholar-official, who rose to one of the highest government positions in the Ming dynasty, pioneered in the introduction of Western science and technology into China, and became one of the "Three Pillars of the...
		Born in Shanghai, China, in 1562, Xu Guangqi was baptized by Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in 1603 and took the name Paul.
		Xu Guangqi (traditional Chinese: 徐光啟; simplified Chinese: 徐光启; pinyin: Xú Guāngqǐ; Wade-Giles: Hsu Kuang-ch'i, 1562–1633), courtesy name Zixian (子先), was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of...
	www.bookrags.com /Xu_Guangqi (163 words)

	Xu Guangqi—The Catholic Confucian
		Their expertise proved to be very practical to a civilization that believed the stars told of the rise and fall of dynasties and possessed an economy that relied heavily on waterworks, which required more than rudimentary knowledge of geometry to create and maintain.
		Xu's education led to the creation of the Chongzhen Calendar, a more accurate version of the Chinese calendar with corrections inspired by Western astronomy.
		Xu was no doubt impressed by Ricci’s study and translation of the Confucian classics.
	chinabusinessphilippines.com /index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124:xu-guangqithe-catholic-confucian&catid=153:ateneo-chinese-studies-program&Itemid=78 (593 words)

	Xu, Guangqi (Hsu, Kuang-chi; Paul Hsu), Shanghai; Beijing, China, Society of Jesus
		In 1596 Xu was introduced to Catholicism when he met the Jesuit Lazzaro Cattaneo in Guangzhou, and in 1600 he visited Matteo Ricci in Nanjing.
		Xu's brief received the imperial stamp "noted." The influence of his letter was reflected in the fact that no action was taken by Emperor Wan Li following the submission of Shen Que's first brief.
		Xu was buried in Xujiahui in Shanghai Nandan.
	www.bdcconline.net /bdcc_stories/china/shanghai/xu_guangqi.html (517 words)

	Welcome to ICB Shanghai !
		Xu Guangwi (1562-1633) was an eminent Chinese Scholar, Modern Scientist, and Humanist from the late Ming Dynasty.
		PICB is located in the Xu Hui district, which is named after Xu Guangqi, as well as the nearby Xu Jia Hui Square, one of the busiest intersections in Shanghai west of Peoples Square, and the Xu Guangqi park where his tomb and the small, but beautiful Xu Guangqi Museum is to be found.
		In order to enhance the appreciation of the work of Xu Guangqi, as well as to mark the 400th anniversary of his publication, the institute organizes a special five-day international conference on Xu Guangqi: An eminent Chinese Scholar, Modern Scientist, and Humanist from the late Ming Dynasty.
	www.picb.ac.cn /course08.htm (271 words)

	Origin of the surname Xu, Hsu, Shaw, Seah, Shu
		Xu was bright and well supported by his people, and the Xu kingdom became progressively more powerful.
		Xu crowned himself as Xu Yan Wang and led 36 kingdoms to attack Zhou.
		Descendents of Xu kingdom or Xu Zhou are known as the Xu family.
	www.yutopian.net /names/10/10xu11.html (480 words)

	Matteo Ricci - Plagiarism on Wikipedia
		Matteo Ricci (left) and Xu Guangqi(徐光啟) (right) in the Chinese edition of Euclid's Elements (幾何原本).
		In 1607, he and Chinese Catholic mathematician, Xu Guangqi, translated the first parts of Euclid's Elements into Chinese.
		Ricci's work on a Chinese language atlas of the world included coining Chinese names for European countries, many of which are still in use in Chinese today.
	www.wikipedia-watch.org /plagiarism/0202.html (763 words)

	Xu Guangqi Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
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		Born in Shanghai, China, in 1562, Xu Guangqi was...
		Xu Guangqi (traditional Chinese: 徐光啟; simplified Chinese: 徐光启; pinyin: Xú Guāngqǐ; Wa...
	www.bookrags.com /biography/xu-guangqi (222 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > What did the East invent after 1500?
		Xu Guangqi's main achievement was "Management of Agriculture 农政全书" that he compiled.
		Xu Hongzu 徐宏祖 (1586-1641), also known as Xu Xiake 徐霞客, carried out inspections and studies of geography in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangdong.
		Xu Hongzu's method of carrying out on-the-spot survey and study of geography had ushered a new epoch on China's geography.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t7651.html (1453 words)

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		The Cross-cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), ed.
		¡@¡@In the late Ming dynasty, due to the expansion of bandits and Manchu invasions, Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), a government official familiar with Western learning, was actively involved with military and, through assistance by Christian converts such as Li Zhizao, often imported cannons and gunners from Macao.
		As these military efforts were largely carried out by Xu's disciple Sun Yuanhua, this article concentrates on the life of Sun.
	vm.rdb.nthu.edu.tw /YLH/abstract.asp?paper_serial=77 (248 words)

	Xujiahui - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xujiahui is an area in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, China and the name of a metro station in this area.
		Most of what is now present day Xujiahui was once the ancestral home of Xu Guangqi and his family.
		During the 18th century it was known by Shanghai's western residents as "Ziccawei" or "Siccawei'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xujiahui (846 words)

	Hart, "Translating the Untranslatable"
		The most important among these converts was Xu Guangqi; his success in patronage exemplifies how problems of translation permitted the converts to produce documents that could be read by both the Jesuits and the Ming imperial court as expressions of loyalty and faith.
		[112] Questions about Xu's beliefs, then, cannot be answered a priori on the basis of differences in language or worldview; instead, it is precisely these questions that were central matters of debate among the historical protagonists.
		Xu's novel solutions--military, moral, mathematical, and astronomical--appealed to a desperate Ming court that promoted him to one of the highest posts;[113] in turn, Xu's success helped legitimate the Western Studies that he advocated.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/HPS/WritingScience/etexts/Hart/Translating.html (8780 words)

	a summer away...: Shanghai People (translated from Yu Qiuyu's works)
		Xu Guangqi, whose tomb mirrors Hua Ting Hotel and Tower from two blocks away, could be said as the first Shanghai people.
		Xu was so engaged in evangelizing Catholic and advocating science with his official authority that he died for overworking.
		On his tomb there is a unique combination of Chinese and western culture: the homage the feudal emperor gave and the inscription in Latin by the Church.
	loiswangshen.spaces.live.com /blog/cns!C06A58B9999EAF46!789.entry (674 words)

	CHAPTER XI THE ATTEMPT OF MATTEO RICCI TO LINK
		As Xu Guangqi believed in Catholicism through his contact with Ricci, he respected Ricci both for his learning and for his morality.
		That Xu Guangqi should attach special importance to "loyalty and piety" was influenced strongly by traditional Chinese ideas and it is on this basis that Matteo Ricci preached the Catholic doctrines and received Chinese culture.
		Therefore, answering Xu Guangqi he says: "Those who suffer simply for benefit and emolument or fame and official rank or lasciviousness rather than the sacred cause are actually tragic.
	www.crvp.org /book/Series03/III-3/chapter_xi__the_attempt_of_matte.htm (3825 words)

	The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco
		They depict three Jesuits, Matteo Ricci, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and Ferdinand Verbiest, and the eminent Ming scholar and patron of Ricci, Paul Xu Guangqi.
		The digital preservation of the paintings are made possible by The Thomas J. Klitgaard Endowment at the Ricci Institute and the Beijing Center for Language and Culture.
		Photo reproductions of the portraits are on permanent display at the Guangqi Park in Shanghai, China.
	www.usfca.edu /ricci/feature/portraits.htm (494 words)

	International Cast Celebrates Christmas -- china.org.cn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A special celebration of the origin of Christmas was held in Shanghai on Sunday.
		The Chinese character Xu Guangqi was specially written into the play for its Shanghai performance.
		Xu, a high official of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is buried at Xujiahui, which bears his family name.
	www.china.org.cn /english/MATERIAL/193228.htm (248 words)

	History of Mathematics: China
		Translation of euclid.html">Euclid's Elements, first six books, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi (1607)
		A collection of 137 books in five submissions edited by Xu Guanqi and Li Tianjing with support of many others.
		Xu gu suanjing kao zhu (Commentary on the `Continuation of Ancient Mathematical Methods for Elucidating the Strange [Properties of Numbers]')
	aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/mathhist/china.html (1907 words)

	Translation in China
		The missionaries were often assisted by Chinese collaborators, such as Xu Guangqi, a distinguished scientist and prime minister during the last years of the Ming dynasty, a period of scholarship and intellectual activity, Li Zhizao, a scientist and government official, Wang Zheng, an engineer and government official, and Zue Fengzuo, a scientist.
		Matteo Ricci was assisted by Xu Guangqi when he translated Euclid's Elements in 1607 and by Li Zhizao when he translated Astrolabium by the German Jesuit and mathematician Christophorus Clavius (1537-1612).
		In 1612, a six volume of translation by De Ursis and Xu Guangqi was the first Chinese works on hydrology and reservoirs; it also dealt with physiology and described some of the techniques used in the distillation of medicines.
	accurapid.com /journal/24china.htm (7899 words)

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