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)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Xu Guangqi is referenced by 260 other articles, and connects out to Qing dynasty, pinyin and simplified Chinese characters.
It is catalogued under topics including 1562 births, 1633 deaths and 16th-century agronomists.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xu Guangqi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.