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Christian Herdtrich
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Jesuit missionary in China, born Graz, Syria, 1625; died 1684. In 1671 he became court mathematician of Emperor Kang-he. His Chinese-Latin dictionary was probably the first written, and he collaborated with his fellow-Jesuit, Intorcetta, in making Confucius known to Europeans.
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Entry for 'Christian Herdtrich'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/christian-herdtrich.html. 1910.