Xu Guangqi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Baolu, Yuanhu, Zixian, Xuanhu, Wending, Guangqi Xu
late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Ma Zhiqi
- Succeeded by
- Li Sunchen
- Senior grand secretary
- Zhou Tingru , Wen Tiren
- Born
- April 24, 1562, Shanghai County , Songjiang , South Zhili , Ming Empire
- Died
- November 8, 1633 (1633-11-08) (aged 71) , Beijing , Shuntian , North Zhili , Ming Empire
- Resting place
- Guangqi Park , Xujiahui , Xuhui District , Shanghai , China
- Spouse
- Wu
- Relations
- Candida Xu (granddaughter) (Xu Zhun) (Xu Maheux)
- Children
- Xu Ji (徐驥)
- Parent s
- Xu Sicheng (徐思誠), father
- Education
- Jinshi Degree (1604)
- Occupation
- scholar-official ( Minister of Rites and Grand Secretary ), agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, writer
- Known for
- Three Pillars of Chinese Catholicism , Chinese translation of Euclid's Elements , Chongzhen calendar , Complete Treatise on Agriculture
- Baptismal name
- Paul Xu
- Traditional chinese
- 徐 光 啓
- Simplified chinese
- 徐 光 启
- Hanyu pinyin
- Xú Guāngqǐ
- Wade giles
- Hsü Kuang -ch‘i
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guangqi
- Family name
- Xu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ming dynasty
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Shuntian Fu
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- jinshi
- Image
- Xu Guangqi.jpg
- Residence
- Tianjin
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- Commons category
- Xu Guangqi
- date of birth
- 1562-04-24
- date of death
- 1633-11-08
- Commons Creator page
- Xu Guangqi
- topic's main category
- Category:Xu Guangqi
- place of burial
- Tomb of Xu Guangqi
- Commons gallery
- Xu Guangqi
- described by source
- History of Ming
- canonization status
- Servant of God
- student
- Sun Yuanhua
- courtesy name
- 子先
- art name
- 元扈
- feast day
- November 8
- name in kana
- じょ こうけい
- posthumous name
- 文定
- ancestral home
- Shanghai County
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- 徐光启
- birth name
- 徐光啓
- name
- Paul Siu
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Xu Guangqi, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Courtesy name Chinese子先
Second alternative Chinese name Chinese玄扈
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