Qing · Astronomer and Official

Tang Ruowang 湯若望

Died AD 1667

Passages
35
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tang Ruowang as an astronomer, official, priest, and scientist. This record brings together 35 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodQing

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tang Ruowang 湯若望 Tang Ruowang
Native language Johann Adam Schall 約翰亞當沙耳
Title Master of Penetrating Mysteries 通玄教師
Title Master of Penetrating Subtlety 通微教師
Surname von Bell 方白耳氏
Alternate 通微
Alternate 通玄

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Astronomer
  • Official
  • Priest
  • Scientist

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died earlier · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 聖祖親政前 · Western Year: AD 1667
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0059

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Pan Jinxiao (潘盡孝)
    Kinship Term: adopted son / 義子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adopted-son · Object Role: adoptive-father
    Kinship Term: adopted son / 義子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adopted-son

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: in charge of the Astronomical Bureau / 掌欽天監事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 1644
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0023
  • Label: Commissioner of the Office of Transmission / 通政使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0037
  • Label: director of computations in the calendar bureau / 掌推算 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0006
  • Label: Vice Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud / 太僕寺卿 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0027
  • Label: Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常寺卿 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0027
  • Title: Master of Penetrating Mysteries / 通玄教師 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年三月 · Western Year: AD 1653
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0028
  • Status: rank 1a · Action: granted · Label: rank 1a / 正一品
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0037
  • Status: death sentence remitted · Action: pardoned
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0054
  • Status: exile remitted · Action: pardoned
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0056
  • Status: sentenced to death by slicing · Action: sentenced · Label: death by slicing / 凌遲處死
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0052
  • Status: exile · Action: sentenced
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0055

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

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Assessments and attributes

Source notes

  • From: Master of Penetrating Mysteries / 通玄教師 · To: Master of Penetrating Subtlety / 通微教師 · Reason: 避聖祖諱
    Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0059

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 272Volume 272 Biographies 59: Tang Ruowang, Yang Guangxian, Nan Huai Ren · 35 passages
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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?"