Family
Xu Guangqi's granddaughter, Candida Xu (Chinese: 徐甘第大Xu Gandida) (1607–1680), a devout Christian, was recognized as an important patron of Christianity in Jiangnan during the early Qing era. The Jesuit Philippe Couplet, who worked closely with her, authored her biography, which was originally written in Latin, and published in a French translations as Histoire d'une dame chrétienne de la Chine, Candide Hiu (1688).
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