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罗雅谷生平简介,资料来源于维基百科:

中文版:

1617年,在罗马被贝拉明(Cardinal Bellarmino或是Saint Robert Bellarmine)枢机主教授任神父职之后,与44个伙伴一起前往远东地区传教。最早他待在果阿邦学习神学,后来待在澳门。1622年,当澳门被荷兰军队围攻时,他教导居民使用大炮,进而使该市解围。1624年随高一志进入中国,住在山西,学习语言与相关的在地知识。1631年,被传唤至北京历局与徐光启、汤若望、龙华民和邓玉函共事,协助改革中国历法,编修《崇祯历书》。1638年逝世于北京,享年45岁。”

英文版,大意和中文版差不多:

“The son of a jurist, Rho entered the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty. While later proficient in mathematics, he was a poor student initially.

Following his ordination in Rome by Cardinal Bellarmine, he sailed for the Far East in 1617 with forty-four companions. After a brief stay in Goa he proceeded to Macao. During the siege of that city by Dutch forces, he turned the tide of battle by firing a cannon shot which landed on a barrel of gunpowder in the midst of the Dutch formation, saving the city from the attack. This service opened China to him.

Rho rapidly acquired a knowledge of the Chinese language and in 1631 he was summoned to Beijing by the emperor to work on reform of the Chinese calendar. Together with Johann Adam Schall von Bell, he occupied himself on this task until the end of his life seven years later, in 1638. Numerous Chinese officials attended his funeral.

Rho left works relative both to the correction of the Chinese calendar and to other astronomical and theological questions.”