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Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall

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Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
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No.17 Nandan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200030, China

Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i , also known by his baptismal name Paul, was a Chinese scholar-bureaucrat, Catholic convert, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician under the Ming dynasty. Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chinese, including part of Euclid's Elements. He was also the author of the Nong Zheng Quan Shu, a treatise on agriculture. He was one of the Three Pillars of Chinese Catholicism. His current title is Servant of God. On April 15, 2011, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi announced the beatification of Xu Guangqi.
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