徐光启

Traditional form:

徐光啟

Pinyin (reading):

Xú Guāngqǐ

Definitions:

• Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty

Characters:

• 徐 - slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain

Traditional characters:

• 徐 - slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 啟 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain