his book are as follows: The Fundamentals of Agriculture (Nong Ben): quotations from the classics on the importance of encouraging agriculture Field System (Tian Zhi): land distribution, field management Agricultural Tasks (Nong Shi): clearing land, tilling; also a detailed exposition on settlement schemes Water Control (Shui Li): various methods of irrigation, types of irrigation equipment, and the last two chapters devoted to new Western-style irrigation equipment Illustrated Treatise on Agricultural Implements (Nong Chi Tu Pu): based largely on Wang Zhen's book of 1313 AD Horticulture (Shi Yi): vegetables and fruit Sericulture (Can Sang): silk production Further Textile Crops (Can Sang Guang Lei): cotton, hemp, etc. Silviculture (Chong Chi): forestry preservation Animal Husbandry (Mu Yang) Culinary Preparations (Zhi Zao) Famine Control (Huang Zheng): administrative measures, famine flora Family Xu's only son was John Xu Xú Jì), whose daughter was Candida Xu (, Xú Gāndìdà; 1607–1680). A devout Christian, she was recognized as an important patron of Christianity in Jiangnan during the early Qing era. The Jesuit Philippe Couplet, who worked closely with her, composed her biography in Latin. This was published in French translation as A History of the Christian Lady of China, Candide Hiu () in 1688. Her son was Basil Xu, who served as an official under the Qing. Gallery See also Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall Roman Catholicism in China Jesuit China missions Three Pillars of Chinese Catholicism Shanghainese people History of agriculture Xavier School in San Juan, Metro Manila, the Philippines References Citations Sources . . . . . . . . . . . Further reading Needham, Joseph (1959). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; reprinted: Taipei: Caves Books, 1986. OCLC Zhao, Jikai, "Xu Guangqi". Encyclopedia of China (Economics Edition), 1st ed. Mei, Rongzhao, "Xue Guangqi". Encyclopedia of China (Mathematics Edition), 1st ed. External links Ricci Roundtable at the University of San Francisco University of Texas article mentioning him Xu Guangqi at the University of Maine 1562 births 1633 deaths 16th-century Chinese astronomers 16th-century Chinese mathematicians 17th-century Chinese astronomers 17th-century Chinese mathematicians Burials in Shanghai Chinese Roman Catholics Chinese agronomists Chinese technology writers Christian apologists Converts to Roman Catholicism Grand Secretaries of the Ming dynasty Mathematicians from Shanghai Ming dynasty classicists Ming dynasty translators Ming dynasty scholars Ming dynasty politicians Politicians from Shanghai Scientists from Shanghai Servants of God Writers from Shanghai