Who was the first missionary to bring a telescope into China?

Matteo Ricci 160 1 year, Italian missionary Matteo Ricci came to Beijing with a telescope and a map of the world, and translated four books into Latin. Later, missionaries came to the East one after another, systematically introducing natural science knowledge such as physics, and translating classics such as the Five Classics into Latin. Under their guidance, Xu Guangqi and other scholars began to study and introduce western science and technology.

Matteo Ricci (1552 65438+1October 6th-1665438+May 6th, 00 1 1),No. Xitai, also known as Qingtai and Xijiang. Catholic Jesuit missionaries and scholars in Italy. He came to China to preach during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Its original name literally translated into Chinese is Matteo Ricci, and Matteo Ricci is his Chinese name. Wang Yinglin's "Lizi Monument" said: "In Wanli Chen Geng, there was Matteo Ricci, a Confucian scholar in Taixi, with a number of friends, sailing in Wan Li for nine days and visiting China."

Matteo Ricci was one of the earliest pioneers of Catholicism in China and the first western scholar to read China literature and study China classics. As a "western monk", he wrote in Chinese to spread Catholic teachings, made friends with China officials and celebrities, and spread western scientific and technological knowledge such as astronomy, mathematics and geography. His writings not only made an important contribution to the communication between China and the West, but also had an important influence on Japan and Korea's understanding of western civilization.