In translating the "Elements", who was Ricci's Chinese collaborator?
Wang Xizhi
Cai Lun
Xu Guangqi
Sun Simiao
Answer
The Chinese scholar and astronomer Xu Guangqi collaborated with Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in the translation of Euclid's Elements into Chinese. Completed in 1607, this was one of the most significant scientific and cultural exchanges between Europe and China during the Ming dynasty. Ricci and Xu's collaboration had a profound impact on Chinese mathematics and science, introducing Western ideas and methods that influenced Chinese scholarship for centuries to come.
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