徐光启(1562-1633),字子先,号玄扈,上海人.他是我国明代杰出的科学家,也是中国士大夫中接触西方文化的第一个重要代表人物,较早从罗马传教士利玛窦等人学习研究西方科技知识(包括天文、历法、数学、测量和水利等学科),并与利玛窦合作翻译了《几何原本》等科学著作。 Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), the first word, Xuan Hu, Shanghai .He is an outstanding scientist in China Ming Dynasty, is also the first important representative of Chinese literati in contact with Western culture, the earliest from the Roman missionary Matteo Ricci He studied and studied Western science and technology (including astronomy, calendars, mathematics, measurement and water conservancy) and cooperated with Matteo Ricci to translate the original “Geometry” and other scientific works.