徐光启 / 徐光啟

xú​guāng​qǐ

Xu Guangqi

Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), a prominent scientist and official of the Ming dynasty who collaborated with [[利玛窦|利瑪竇|li4 ma3 dou4]] to translate Western scientific works like [[几何原本|幾何原本|ji3 he2 yuan2 ben3]]; he made significant contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and agriculture, notably authoring the [[农政全书|農政全書|nong2 zheng4 quan2 shu1]].

徐 (literal) → 徐 · xú · Xu 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · surname 启 (literal) → 启/啟 · qǐ · surname

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM