Description

Hun gai tong xian tu shuo (Illustrated explanation of the sphere and the astrolabe) is a translation of selections taken from Xing pan (Astrolabium), a work of Christoph Clavius (1538−1612), a German Jesuit and teacher of Jesuit missionary Li Madou (Matteo Ricci, 1552−1610), which was included in Si ku quan shu (Complete library of the four treasures). The work was written in 1605 by Li Zhizao (1565−1630) and is based on the lectures given by Ricci and on the author’s own knowledge. Li Zhizao, courtesy names ...