Xu Guangqi
徐光啟

Pelayan Tuhan
Lukisan Xu Guangqi.
Lahir(1562-04-24)24 April 1562
Wilayah Shanghai, Prefektur Songjiang, Zhili Selatan, Dinasti Ming China[1]
Meninggal8 November 1633(1633-11-08) (umur 71)[2]
Beijing, Prefektur Shuntian, Zhili Utara, Dinasti Ming China
MakamTaman Guangqi, Xujiahui, Distrik Xuhui, Kotamadya Shanghai, China
Tempat tinggalShanghai, Beijing, Tianjin
KebangsaanChina
Nama lainPaulo Xu[diragukan] (Nama Baptis)[3]
Warga negaraDinasti Ming
PendidikanGelar Jinshi (1604)[3]
Pekerjaansarjana resmi (Menteri Ritus dan Sekretaris Besar)
Tempat kerjaMahkamah kekaisaran Ming (dibawah kekuasaan Kaisar Wanli, Taichang, Tianqi dan Chongzhen)
Kota asalShanghai
Suami/istriWu[4]
AnakXu Ji (徐驥)[4]
Orang tuaXu Sicheng (徐思誠) (ayah)[5]
KerabatCandida Xu (cucu)[6]

(Xu Zhun)[7]

(Xu Maheux)[7]
Xu Guangqi
Hanzi tradisional: 徐光啟
Hanzi sederhana: 徐光启
Makna harfiah: Xú (nama) Light-Enlightenment

Xu Guangqi (Hanzi sederhana: 徐光启; Hanzi tradisional: 徐光啟; Pinyin: Xú Guāngqǐ; 24 April 1562 – 8 November 1633), yang kemudian mengambil nama baptis Paulus (Hanzi sederhana: 保禄; Hanzi tradisional: 保祿), adalah seorang sarjana-birokrat, ahli pertanian, astronom, dan matematikawan Tiongkok pada masa Dinasti Ming.

Xu bersama dua orang Yesuit dari Italia, Matteo Ricci dan Sabatino de Ursis, menerjemahkan beberapa tulisan klasik Barat ke dalam bahasa Tionghoa, di antaranya Elemen Euklides. Ia juga penulis Nong Zheng Quan Shu, salah satu tulisan lengkap pertama dalam bidang pertanian. Ia merupakan satu dari "Tiga Pilar Katolik Tiongkok". Gelarnya saat ini adalah Pelayan Tuhan.[8]

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Kutipan sunting

  1. ^ Ad Dudink, “Xu Guangqi's Career: An Annotated Chronology” in Catherine Jami, Peter Engelfriet, & Gregory Blue, editors, Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 399.
  2. ^ Ad Dudink, “Xu Guangqi's Career: An Annotated Chronology” in Catherine Jami, Peter Engelfriet, & Gregory Blue, editors, Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 409.
  3. ^ a b Liam Matthew Brockey, Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008), 59.
  4. ^ a b Ad Dudink, “Xu Guangqi's Career: An Annotated Chronology” in Catherine Jami, Peter Engelfriet, & Gregory Blue, editors, Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 400.
  5. ^ Timothy Brook mengklaim bahwa nama ayah Xu adalah 'Xu Sicheng' (徐思誠), but provides no sources. Timothy Brook, “Xu Guangqi in His Context: The World of the Shanghai Gentry” in Catherine Jami, Peter Engelfriet, & Gregory Blue, editors, Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633) (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 93.
  6. ^ Liam Matthew Brockey, Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008), 140.
  7. ^ a b Liam Matthew Brockney, Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 (cambridge: The Belknap press of Harvard University Press , 2008),140.
  8. ^ Keuskupan Katolik Roma Shanghai: 徐光启列品案筹备进程

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