Qing · Astronomer and Official

Tang Ruowang 湯若望

First attested AD 1629; died AD 1667

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35
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1
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1

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Tang Ruowang was an Astronomer and Official.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Native name Johann Adam Schall 約翰亞當沙耳
Alternate name 通微

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 272Volume 272 Biographies 59: Tang Ruowang, Yang Guangxian, Nan Huai Ren · 35 passages
議政王等疏請以康熙九年曆日交南懷仁推算,上問:「光先前劾湯若望,議政王大臣會議,以光先何者為是,湯若望何者為非,及新法當日議停,今日議复,其故安在?」 The regents asked that Kangxi 9's calendar be entrusted to Nan Huai Ren. The emperor asked: "When Yang Guangxian impeached Tang Ruowang, the regents decided in Yang's favor—what was he right about, what was Tang wrong about? The new method was then stopped; today it is restored—why?"