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Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung | |||||||||
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 The Chinese Convert, a portrait of Shen Fu-Tsung by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1687 | |||||||||
| Born | c. 1658 | ||||||||
| Died | 1691 (aged approximately 33) | ||||||||
| Occupation | Mandarin | ||||||||
| Known for | Being an early Chinese visitor to Western Europe | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 沈福宗 | ||||||||
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Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung, SJ, also known as Michel Sin, Michel Chin-fo-tsoung, Shen Fo-tsung, or Shen Fuzong[1] (Chinese: 沈福宗; pinyin: Shěn Fúzōng; Wade–Giles: Shen Fu-tsung, c. 1658 – 1691),[2][3] was a Chinese mandarin and Jesuit from Nanking.
He was a convert to Catholicism who was brought to Europe by the Flemish Jesuit priest Philippe Couplet, Procurator of the China Jesuit Missions in Rome. They left Macau in 1681 and visited together Flanders, Italy, France, and England. He later became a Jesuit in Portugal and died near Mozambique while returning home.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
spencelecturewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Batchelor, Robert K. "Shen Fuzong". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome By Albert Chan (2002) ISBN 0-7656-0828-6 p.395
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