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Xu Guangqi, an Uncommon card
Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i, also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the late Ming dynasty.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Xu Guangqi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Xu Guangqi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also the author of the Nong Zheng Quan Shu, a ______ on agriculture.
Answer
treatise. He was also the author of the Nong Zheng Quan Shu, a treatise on agriculture. From the Xu Guangqi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Xu was appointed by the Chinese Emperor in ____ to be the leader of the Shixian calendar reform, which he embarked on with the assistance of Jesuits.
Answer
1620s. Xu was appointed by the Chinese Emperor in 1629 to be the leader of the Shixian calendar reform, which he embarked on with the assistance of Jesuits. From the Xu Guangqi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy. List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy 95 · Conflict in the Niger Delta 82 · Nicolas Steno 75 · Xu Guangqi 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Xu was appointed by the Chinese Emperor in 1629 to be the leader of the Shixian calendar reform, which he embarked on with the assistance of Jesuits.
- Xu was a colleague and collaborator of the Italian Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Sabatino de Ursis and assisted their translation of several classic Western texts into Chinese, including part of Euclid's Elements.
- He was also the author of the Nong Zheng Quan Shu, a treatise on agriculture.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Xu Guangqi article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Xu Guangqi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Xu Guangqi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Athanasius Kircher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
